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Old 10-21-2012, 09:55 PM
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wondering whats you guys out there would charge to wire up a LS1/4L60 combo into a 67 Chevy Pickup. i'm gonna be wiring the entire truck from front to back and also wiring the engine.

what would be a good price to charge the guy??

any thoughts.

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Just labor?


Tough call....If you will be soldering the connections, making it look all professional?

At least a few hundred bucks
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There are way too many factors in that question..

Are you using a new harness, a vehicle specific harness, or just reworking a stocker and starting from scratch?

Is the body on? Or can you run all your frame wiring without the body?

I have 5-6 hours into reworking just my engine harness alone. Granted I'm OCD and cut each wire to length, wrapped in dry vinyl, then PET sleeving. Lol

Depending on the circumstances I would charge $150 on the low end and up to $650 on the high end. Ha ha
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Originally Posted by jmespe1
There are way too many factors in that question..

Are you using a new harness, a vehicle specific harness, or just reworking a stocker and starting from scratch?

Is the body on? Or can you run all your frame wiring without the body?

I have 5-6 hours into reworking just my engine harness alone. Granted I'm OCD and cut each wire to length, wrapped in dry vinyl, then PET sleeving. Lol
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What he said...also are there alot of custom add ons such as power windows/seats, stereo w/ amp and speakers, etc...
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Don't get yourself "painted into a corner". There's waaaay too many "ifs, ands, or buts", in doing this type of work.
We do it strictly on time and materials.
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an engine harness typically takes me about 10 hours including the time it takes to build a fuse box, solder all connections, tape, heat shrink etc.. I would imagine it would take just as long if not longer to do the rest of the truck.. I charge 200 a harness so 20 bucks an hour.. 25 hours.. 500 seems reasonable if you dont have any snags.



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