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ls1nova71

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Haha! Good one. So what's the deal on the tape? Sticky, not sticky?

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-TheBandit-

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The Mouser price is pretty good. 50pcs @$0.21ea for about $10 plus $5 to ship. They're 2.5in long so that's about 10.5ft.

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-TheBandit-

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Per the data sheet, that Delphi 12186167 shrink tube starts at a .300 ID and can shrink down to .065 ID. 18 gauge TXL has .078 OD w/ insulation. You should easily be able to fit at least 5 insulated strands in there - as many as 8 if you pack them carefully. 2.5" length should be plenty too. I think it would be a good general purpose size, certainly good for doing the coil wiring junctions. I'm going to give it a try.

the_merv

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Some good ole fashion back n forth in here..

I've been wiring my own stuff up for years..butt connectors well crimped, some solder depending on the connection, shrink tube on everything and sealed up with shrink wrap. Been working without issues..

Here's a little do-it-yourself help for anyone wanting to get their hands dirty..

https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...o-lt1-car.html

omc8

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I would like to see those crimps , please sent them to me. PS I sent you a pm on a pedal question never heard back !

zukboi2004

ok, I am in the Middle of redoing my harness(1973 240Z with 5.3L n TH350, t56 later),
I would like to see a pic of both mentioned Harnesses(full Layout please) I just solder n shrink my current sensors & plugs in? for $85 or $150, u cant beat that, gotta find some Xmas $$$ then...

BOXCHEV

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I assume when you mean production crimpers you mean the ratcheting type with dies?

Here is a butt connector holding a few anchors.




Little read on crimper

http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-m...tml#post286062

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BOXCHEV

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The red/blue handle pair Ive seen those before around $120 for just the bare crimp tool. And dies are around $250. Price for dies seem a little high for what they are in my opinion.

BOXCHEV

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Anyone here ever delete the coil pack connector and just 'hardwire' them into the harness??

I was looking at my harness layout on the motor and wanted to try and make it a little cleaner.

For example all the pink wires, well all the wires actually to each coil pack run into a splice. And then into one wire for the connector pin.

Was trying to figure out if I should splice them like this...

Not trying to look pretty, just example. Of course I would solder all splices




Or maybe like this, all the wires meet in the middle there with a little solder. Doubt I could ever get it like the factory splice where there is no solder at all I believe. So 4 lines to each coil, then stepped down into one wire that leads to the PCM.

This slice has some adhesive heat shrink tape around it, then some 1/4in clear adhesive lined dual wall heat shrink over it, tried to make it as sealed as possible from water, then some cheap thin black heat shrink I have over all that. Went a little OD I guess.

the_merv

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I've never deleted that Connector..my question is why would you..unless you plan on leaving your hard-wired?

BOXCHEV

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Yes leaving it hard wired. No connecter to disconnect the two sides, they would be wired in like the injector connectors. Goal is to just simply make layout of the harness look a little cleaner, hopefully easier to hide and tuck away.

-TheBandit-

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I don't see anything wrong with hardwiring and eliminating those connectors. I plan to do the same. I noticed the factory changes wire colors on either side of them, so keep that in mind. I plan to use the wire colors that come from the ECM.

On a related note, I see the E38 ECM uses Molex connectors with MX64 pins (per eficonnection . com). Can those terminals be crimped using the same crimpers as the Metri-pack 150 / 280s? It looks like they have a wire crimp and an insulation crimp. I would like to do new wire and terminals from my ECM to the coil. The coil connectors appear to have 150.2 terminals.

Jeff Smith

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I ll keep in my mind if I need get new BP auto wires..Sub..

BOXCHEV

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Black, Brown, and Pink colored wires go to each coil, then the fourth wire alters from Red, Purple, Light Blue, Green. Don't recall which side, bank 1 or 2 is same colors but with white stripe through them.

What year harness do you have? I haven't noticed any color changes on any harness yet.

-TheBandit-

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If you look at the bottom right corner of this diagram you'll see, for example, the ORG/WHT wire coming out of pin 73 becomes RED after the connector into ignition coil 2 CTRL. Ignition coil 7 also has red from it's CTRL, but it becomes ORG (no stripe) going back to pin 72. Those kinds of colors changes are what I was referring to.

My harness is from an '07 LY6.

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I held out and caught a Packard crimp tool (repair type) on greedBay when I did my E38. If you don't have it already here's link to the J-38125 manual

http://www.weber.edu/wsuimages/autom...%20Booklet.pdf

Note Pin 73 on X1 is a different terminal with a different crimp.