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Old 10-02-2016, 05:01 PM
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Today after deciding what to do with the breather tanks I worked on labeling the existing wire..... I am using some of the stock wiring harnesses for the wipers, heater and courtesy lights..... I also have the power window and stereo harnesses in there from the first time I wired under the dash..... I had to identify all the fused power wires for all those harnesses.....



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Well I am back online again now after being down for a couple days..... I had a modem take a crap..... What the hell it was a dinosaur anyways, it as only 8 or 9 years old.....

Over the weekend I was able to rearrange the wiring in the trunk for the water/meth kit..... I could not mount the bottle and pump because I did not have the brackets back from the powder coater yet, however I did get them back today...... I also worked on the underdash wiring a little more.....

Here's what the trunk is looking like, not much new to see under the dash.....


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Had to work Saturday, but today I was able to get the trunk all put together..... Atleast on area of the car is ready to go.....





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This morning I had to change the oil and rotate the tires on my truck..... After that was done I got to work on the under dash wiring..... I didn't take any pic's today because there isn't much to see, maybe I'll take a couple tomorrow.....
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Frank,

What tires are you using in the front?

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what tires are you using in the front?

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Got some more done on the under dash wiring today..... Still a lot to go though, I have not even touched the Holley HP wiring yet.....

Here's a couple pic's, even though you can't see too much.....



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I saw that you were working on the oil drain line from the turbo. Your turbo looks almost level with the oil pan. How did you rig up the turbo oil drain? did you use a scavenger pump? Not sure if you mentioned it in the thread, I scrolled through 10 pages
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Originally Posted by TXjeepTJ
I saw that you were working on the oil drain line from the turbo. Your turbo looks almost level with the oil pan. How did you rig up the turbo oil drain? did you use a scavenger pump? Not sure if you mentioned it in the thread, I scrolled through 10 pages
No scavenger pump, the turbo is higher then the pan..... The drain line does run down hill to the pan.....
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Frank,
What camera are you using for this thread? Megapixel? The detail on the pics are amazing. If this was covered are ready, mybad. LOL
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Originally Posted by Jimbo1367
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What camera are you using for this thread? Megapixel? The detail on the pics are amazing. If this was covered are ready, mybad. LOL
Just my Samsung Galaxy S5 phone camera, I think it's 16 Megapixel.....
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Originally Posted by franktf
Just my Samsung Galaxy S5 phone camera, I think it's 16 Megapixel.....
IMO, that's amazing for phone pics
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Still wiring stuff..... Regular under dash and gauge wiring all routed, getting ready to start routing Holley EFI wiring.....

Not much too see, but here's a couple pic's.....


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Frank,

Wiring is scary and I think many people fear it. One thing that I found useful when doing an update with wiring, is to really show the details. Show us fancy connectors, crimp tools that you're using, techniques, etc...

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Originally Posted by Project GatTagO
Frank,

Wiring is scary and I think many people fear it. One thing that I found useful when doing an update with wiring, is to really show the details. Show us fancy connectors, crimp tools that you're using, techniques, etc...

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I am one of those wiring haters. So, yes, please do show all the tricks to making wiring work not suck so much.
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Any updates, start it yet?
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Originally Posted by BLKMGK
Any updates, start it yet?
Still wiring under dash, I think I might finish under there this weekend..... But I still need to wire it under the hood.....
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Nothing picture worthy, still working on under dash wiring..... Getting pretty close on the under dash, but had to get a different fuse block because I was not happy with the one I had..... I keep having to change stuff, last week I found out my under dash cruise control bracket did not have enough clearance for the amount of travel in a ls1 throttle body..... I got that straightened out this week.....
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It'll be worth it when done I'm betting, glad you're still making progress!
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How goes the wiring? Cheering you on!


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