[kevinmrowland]

Some of you may have noticed a new page on my site in the last couple of days listed as the "WagonGear Guild."

Over the past couple of years as WagonGear has grown I've been approached by a few other guys for help or advice with something they've made, or would like to make, for our wagons.
As we all know, in the past it's been a pretty slim market to choose from and resources for custom parts are hard to find. I've started to fill a bit of that niche with the things I make and there are a lot of other great ideas that could benefit from the work that I've put into WagonGear as well, so, we have:

The WagonGear Guild

Check out my blurb on the site for a more detailed description.

[kevinmrowland]

I plan to use this thread to introduce new additions to the Guild and provide a bit more info about what they offer.
Right now my first compatriot is Erik Johnson who you guys know as slcfj62. He's been a great forum resource for some common cruiser electrical problems, and even went through the effort to post a detailed fix for the sluggish 62 power windows.
After a bunch of problems and frustration with the few headlight wiring upgrades available for the wagons Erik sat down and figured out a system of his own, one that I think you will be very impressed with.

We've been working together behind the scenes for awhile now, the harnesses have been working out great and Erik is comfortable with the production so I've made up an order page on my site for his business.

You can check out the details of his project here:

Or the simple breakdown on my site here:



Since I like to poke and prod at things Erik sent me one of the 60 series ultimate harnesses to play with, I took some photos to share with you guys:

The whole harness waiting for my grubby little fingers


The bottom of the water-proof fuse box, I love the details, nice and neat.
Look at the gauge on the feed wires, 10 gauge, sweet.


Install couldn't be any simpler, details again, right length wires for a custom fit to the terminals, check out the fusible link on the power side as well, the whole thing is protected.


High quality shrink wrap and wire shield.


Plug this into the OE plug, plug the lights into the new sockets, done.


Everything's switched with fuse-protected standard relays, all the replacement parts are common even at your local parts store.


Check out that water seal on the box, no salty water getting in there.


Two extra relays installed and ready for.....whatever you like.


Heat shrink again, notice the little bit of glue squeeze-out. Erik's using the nice adhesive backed stuff, even these joints are water-proof.



The whole thing again since it's so purty.



I'm not the best at electric work and I really wish this had been available before I started butchering the wires in my truck. Makes me want to go back and replace everything.

KR

[FJ40_Nut]

First class stuff from Erik. I've got one in my FJ62

[Rigger]

I don't understand what exactly this harness does. Does it replace and sort of beef up your existing headlight wiring? It looks very well thought out.

[slcfj62]

Rigger, your headlight wiring stays intact and is used to control your new harness. The purpose of the harness is to deliver near battery voltage to your headlights without all the voltage losses that occur in the skinny wires and dirty switches in a stock 60 series. The net result is brighter stock sealed beam headlights and the ability to upgrade to higher wattage lights. Upgrading just the headlights to something like Roundeyes, Hella, or Cibie without also upgrading the wiring will not get you the order of magnitude greater lighting that you expect. Upgraded headlights with my wiring harness are surprisingly bright.

[kevinmrowland]

What he said!

It just gets the juice right to where it's supposed to go.

[jaxonm]

ULTIMANTE ordered!

Will you guys email tracking info?

[slcfj62]

Payment for shipping is usually via PayPal which should provide tracking info. Can always email as well. We'll keep you informed.