Total wiring job needed

[dannyboy3141]

Hey all, I have a 1992 Ranger XLT with a 3.0 that needs a complete wiring job. Anybody know how many wiring harnesses there are? I am still learning about vehicles in general. Not too knowledgeable about electrical systems

 

[Curious Hound]

What makes you think it needs to be re-wired? That's a pretty significant job.

 

[dannyboy3141]

The guy that had the truck before me had attempted to redo all the wiring and screwed most of it up. Many things on my truck don't work because of faulty wiring. I have had the devices themselves tested, and those are okay. It's the wiring to and from them that is piss poor. I know little about wiring, and even I think the wiring job looks sloppy and behaves poorly

 

[BlackBII]

You could visit some local junkyards and see if you can find a complete harness from the same year truck and swap it over.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Get on ebay, a EVTM is around $15-20 which will tell you what does what, where it is and what it looks like.

A shop manual is nice too, I just got one for mine for $40, your results may vary there for pricing. Tells you how to get to stuff (harnesses included)

They make a $30 Haynes/Chilten look like like a kids coloring book.

My truck was a wiring hackjob too, I now have a working horn!

 

[Curious Hound]

The guy that had the truck before me had attempted to redo all the wiring and screwed most of it up.

That stinks. Few things are worse than a botched wiring job.

Although it looks like a lot of wiring, older vehicles like that are relatively simple. With time, patience a good diagram and some money for decent tools and supplies, you could even rewire it yourself and make it functional and good-looking.

The junkyard harness might be a good idea. Getting it out of the donor vehicle without destroying things will take some time. The good part is that you can take photos and notes that will help you put it back into your vehicle successfully.

 

[Doofy]

The EVTM Manuals on eBay would be a giant step forward for any Shadetree mechanic. Haynes and Chilton manuals are piss-poor excuses and a total waste of money. The photos are blurry and the wiring diagrams are so small they must be enlarged to see anything.