Another lil something.....

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Time to play with my newest toy :cheer:

First thing I am making is the new electrical center. There is a sweet spot for the center that will be well protected.

 

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Took some time to figure out how I wanted to lay it all out but got most everything loaded onto it.

 

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So since I had the electrical center in I wanted to start with the main power feeds. I threw the battery in and saw something I did not like. You can see the positive battery post "above" the tube line. If I turn the battery around the positive post is 1/4" away from the tube work. I had thought about when the hood gets built bump the sheet metal up.

Even that idea did not sound remotely safe---so poorly setup.

 

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So I decided to just cut it off and redo it--2 steps forward one step back....

 

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I am glad I lopped it off---there were only 2 small 1/8" tabs holding it at the dashbar.

So I moved it 1/2" forward and 3/4" deeper.

 

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So the mount at the dashbar is MUCH beefier now. My intention with setting the battery tray up like I did was to also rotate the battery to make sure that positive post is well protected. As you can see everything is well below the tube line now.

The end of the tray was also lopped off so the battery was not totally encased and could slide towards the motor. So I fixed that by adding some material...

 

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Pile of dead wire. There will be another pile about the same size from all the extra length that will be removed.

when you are shortening up wire are cutting a section out and then splicing? Or redoing the connection at a pin or device?

 

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when you are shortening up wire are cutting a section out and then splicing? Or redoing the connection at a pin or device?

It depends on room and location. I have done it numerous ways.

 

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So with the battery mount done it was time to get the battery thrown in and some cables made up.

 

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So this took some guess work and measuring to find a suitable location for the arb compressor. I had the mini and the normal to choose from and with lack of room I choose the smaller unit. After allot of thought I found the sweet spot for it down between the center chassis bars above the atlas. I had to redo a couple of the fuel line mounts and make a mount for the compressor and got it wired up.

 

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So before the wiring can get underway I had to resolve the driver side coil pack issue. Due to how the header is done the stock coil pack mount isn't even an option (I won't even say how it was mounted before :puke:).

So I came up with these mounts and they should do the trick.

 

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Now for my favorite part :cheer:

 

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So I got the engine side of the wiring all redone--it fits MUCH better now..

 

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This is what came out of that "ready to run" thinned harness :rolleyes:

 

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I really don't understand the reasoning for this. Way up front of the car using the oil filter housing for the tap for the oil pressure gauge.

 

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Stock oil pressure tap. Well protected and very close to the guage.

 

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I pulled the tap off the filter and plugged it and got an adapter with a "much" shorter line.. This should be much better and one less thing to try and run down the chassis...

 

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This is the part I love about these projects.....

I got the electrical center all done.

 

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I got the dipstick tube mounted..

 

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Time to get this mess fixed up--they been a bugging me. :redneck:

 

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So I ended up making some brackets to hold the hoses.. Its pretty secure now and as far away from anything as it possibly can be.

 

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Time to head into uncharted waters :haha:

 

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Nice Mike, always have appreciated your attention to the little details.:cool:

 

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My brain must work different--I just look at things differently and always see those small things.

thanks mike.

 

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So I bent up the center console piece.

 

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So after I got it bent up I realized the shifter mount needed to be revamped. For one just the 2 small tabs made it flimsy and also didn't allow the sheetmetal to hug the hole for it.

 

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So I totally revamped it thats much stronger and will allot the sheetmetal to hug it much better.

 

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It took quite a bit of work to get the panel to this point--it was rather tricky but I was able to do it in one shot without having to remake it..:cheer:

 

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I got the switch pod made--another fun learning adventure with the brake..

 

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I got all the cross supports done.