Painless wiring harness for TBI

I bought this FJ40 with a running TBI 350.  It was running, but there were a few issues with the wiring:

1.  The wiring harness wasn't long enough for the computer to be mounted in a good location.  It was in the glove box, but it wouldn't fit with a glove box door and the wiring was stretched to get it in there.

2.  It was a stock wiring harness, so there were a lot of extra wires.  If I really knew what I was doing, I probably could have taken it apart and eliminated these.

3.  There were a lot of splices and dangling wires that I didn't have a clue about, which makes troubleshooting really hard when the vehicle wouldn't start.  "Oh, that wire?  Its always been unhooked--that can't be the problem"

4.  check engine light would come on due to not having a VSS wired in.  The particular type of computer that I had required a VSS buffer and I never could get it working right.  Another option was to have the VSS requirement pulled from the ECU via a custom chip.

So, I found what I thought was a deal on a Painless TBI harness (PN 60101).  I thought I was going to get $100 rebate and it would only be around $250.  Oops, the rebate was expired.  That will be $350.   Then when I read the instructions, I saw that it will only work with a truck computer, not my Caprice computer.  So, another $60 or so later and I was in possession of a computer from a 5 speed TBI truck.

I had already removed the body harness from the vehicle, so I went ahead and pulled the complete engine harness.  There were no more old wires left in this old cruiser to leave me stranded in the woods!  Not only will I feel better about wheelin' alone, but I know the wiring because I did it!

I followed the instructions, step by step.  It's all plug and play.  After I installed the harness, all I needed to do was run a wire from the ignition switch to the battery and another one to the starter.  Fire extinguisher handy, I turned the key to on, and heard the fuel pump buzzing.  I twisted it to start and heard the starter (my guesses on the starter wiring worked out!).  I looked at the injectors and saw fuel, but the engine wasn't starting.  So, I pulled a plug wire off, stuck a screwdriver in it and watched as it sparked to a brake line.  Fuel, spark and air.  What else is needed?  Well, I had forgotten that I installed a new tank last year.  I only had about a gallon of old gas in the tank!  Anyway, it was a great feeling to go from having all the wiring out to hearing this fuel injected beast run again.  And, it basically worked on the first try.

I mounted the ECU and a couple fuses under the glove box.  This view is from below the dash.  From the driver or passenger's seat, you won't be able to see it.  

I can't explain how nice it is to have a nice crimp tool, heat shrink tubing and a heat gun.  My heat gun is from Harbor Freight and it works great!  I normally stay away from cheap Chinese products, but I made an exception for this.  The crimp tool is from Tool Aid and very high quality.

Finally, here's a video of me starting it up (for the 2nd time):

I still have a lot of work to do routing the wires and putting them in looms, so I haven't ran the engine for more than a few seconds for fear of melting some wires.  Painless sent a small sample of their Powerbraid loom and I really liked it--but not the price ($175 for a kit!!!).  I ordered some of what I think is the same thing from McMaster-Carr to save a lot of money:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#1459t21/=e1rylh