Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Jeff Ford tackles one of the jobs he hates most — going in behind somebody else and untangling a wiring disaster buried in the dash of a 1967 Mustang. What started as a "15-minute, four-bolt" transmission swap for owner Kylie has snowballed into a full-systems restoration, and now it's down to the American Auto Wire harness that was installed... let's just say, poorly.
In this one, Jeff shows you how to clean up, re-group, and properly loom an aftermarket wiring harness the right way — sorting instrument feeds from engine feeds and lighting circuits, safely capping the unused VSS speed-signal wires on a car running a standard speedometer, and hunting down why this Mustang's dash lights were burning 24/7 (spoiler: they never should have been). He also shares the real shop tricks he leans on every day: door-edge welting to keep those razor-sharp classic Ford dash edges from shredding your arms, 1/16" black edge trim to stop wire chafe on exposed runs, and wire-loom magnets to dress speaker wiring flat against a 1960s metal dash.
If you own a classic Ford, a vintage Mustang, or any muscle car running an aftermarket harness like American Auto Wire, this is a real-world lesson in taking bad work and making it right — the fit and fiddle that classic car life is really made of.
Big thanks to Joseph and Logan for running camera and lending a hand (and a whole lot of zip ties) on this one.
☕ Want to support the show? Grab a t-shirt or jump on Patreon at the $10/month level for monthly Zoom hangouts and Trivia Night, where we give away custom shirts featuring YOUR car. Every shirt and pledge goes straight to Joseph and the editor who make these videos happen — not to Jeff.
T-shirts help pay Joseph, our teenage production assistant who's putting every dollar into his XJ Jeep. Grab one and you're funding a kid's first build.
Patreon at the $10 level gets you monthly Zoom meetings with Jeff plus Trivia Night, where the prize is a one-off t-shirt with YOUR car on it.
It's not a problem, it's a project.
—
▶ Autorestomod is proudly sponsored by National Parts Depot — [https://www.npdlink.com]
SUPPORT THE SHOW
▶ Patreon — $10/month gets you monthly Zoom meetings with me: [patreon.com/c/gasolinemedia]
▶ Merch — "Needs More Classic Cars" shirts, hats & mugs at Fourth Wall: [autorestomod-shop.fourthwall.com/]
Autorestomod Episode: 752
autorestomod-shop.fourthwall.com
Sponsors:
nationalpartsdepot.com
eatondetroitspring.com
Contact: Jford@autorestomod.com
Insta: @autorestomod
patreon.com/gasolinemedia.
#ClassicCars #Mustang #FordMustang #AutoRestoMod #NPD
Jeff Ford tackles one of the jobs he hates most — going in behind somebody else and untangling a wiring disaster buried in the dash of a 1967 Mustang. What started as a "15-minute, four-bolt" transmission swap for owner Kylie has snowballed into a full-systems restoration, and now it's down to the American Auto Wire harness that was installed... let's just say, poorly.
In this one, Jeff shows you how to clean up, re-group, and properly loom an aftermarket wiring harness the right way — sorting instrument feeds from engine feeds and lighting circuits, safely capping the unused VSS speed-signal wires on a car running a standard speedometer, and hunting down why this Mustang's dash lights were burning 24/7 (spoiler: they never should have been). He also shares the real shop tricks he leans on every day: door-edge welting to keep those razor-sharp classic Ford dash edges from shredding your arms, 1/16" black edge trim to stop wire chafe on exposed runs, and wire-loom magnets to dress speaker wiring flat against a 1960s metal dash.
If you own a classic Ford, a vintage Mustang, or any muscle car running an aftermarket harness like American Auto Wire, this is a real-world lesson in taking bad work and making it right — the fit and fiddle that classic car life is really made of.
Big thanks to Joseph and Logan for running camera and lending a hand (and a whole lot of zip ties) on this one.
☕ Want to support the show? Grab a t-shirt or jump on Patreon at the $10/month level for monthly Zoom hangouts and Trivia Night, where we give away custom shirts featuring YOUR car. Every shirt and pledge goes straight to Joseph and the editor who make these videos happen — not to Jeff.
T-shirts help pay Joseph, our teenage production assistant who's putting every dollar into his XJ Jeep. Grab one and you're funding a kid's first build.
Patreon at the $10 level gets you monthly Zoom meetings with Jeff plus Trivia Night, where the prize is a one-off t-shirt with YOUR car on it.
It's not a problem, it's a project.
—
▶ Autorestomod is proudly sponsored by National Parts Depot — [https://www.npdlink.com]
SUPPORT THE SHOW
▶ Patreon — $10/month gets you monthly Zoom meetings with me: [patreon.com/c/gasolinemedia]
▶ Merch — "Needs More Classic Cars" shirts, hats & mugs at Fourth Wall: [autorestomod-shop.fourthwall.com/]
Autorestomod Episode: 752
autorestomod-shop.fourthwall.com
Sponsors:
nationalpartsdepot.com
eatondetroitspring.com
Contact: Jford@autorestomod.com
Insta: @autorestomod
patreon.com/gasolinemedia.
#ClassicCars #Mustang #FordMustang #AutoRestoMod #NPD
