ultimate wire tuck guide

[Clawhammer]

Where can you get the braided sleeving? I'm gonna redo my harness with that.

[White Comet]

Updates???

yeah i have the engine in and more wiring taken care of, i jsut haven't gotten around to posting em yet

WC, you said the pictures were fixed except for a few

and i must say

i dont see a damn one that youve posted. and id like to.

hop on it.

lol well they were fixed, but the new photobucket account i moved them into exceeded the limit a few days later. i'll get right on it though

WC. im going to clean up my harness a bit and i was wondering what size sleeving you got from wirecare? how much did you use?

Where can you get the braided sleeving? I'm gonna redo my harness with that.

wirecare.com has what you need. i got 25 feet of 1/4 and 10 feet of 5/8

i'll work on updating and fixing the pics soon

[White Comet]

pics now fixed

[noobdrftr]

damn cant wait till its back in the car

[bamracing]

I'm getting rid of even more wire. I'm building a circle track dirt car, and I want to get rid of everything I don't need. I'm a total wiring noob though. What do I have to keep, and what can I ditch. Any advice?

[White Comet]

I'm getting rid of even more wire. I'm building a circle track dirt car, and I want to get rid of everything I don't need. I'm a total wiring noob though. What do I have to keep, and what can I ditch. Any advice?

no idea what all you'll be able to ditch besides obvious stuff. mine is a street car, so i need everything else still there

heres some random pics of the engine sitting there with the wiring done

heres a shot of the lower trans harness mocked up, but i did some work on it later.

heres the engine completed installed in the car with wiring run

after the engine was swapped n, i pulled the lower trans harness and researched which plug was the reverse sensor so i could remove the rest of them. i cleaned up the harness and for the most part everything was at an appropriate length. the speed sensor wiring was very long, but its just 2 dangling wires now waiting for my s14 speed sensor. the plugs that go into the fuse box needed to be extended since the fuse box is now under the dash. It would have been very easy to extend the plugs from the fuse box side, but i didn't want the nasty plugs in the engine bay, so i extended all the wires with plenty of length, then installed the harness, fed the wires through the grommet and cut and soldered them to an appropriate length. the end result looks like this

heres everything from the engine bay going inside, and yes you're seeing that right, all my wiring fits through the smallest of the ac holes.

i still need to finish up the batter relocation wiring that runs into the splitter, but i have the 0 gauge in

everything is essentially done, with the exception of mounting a few things under the dash, but i'm pleased with how its looking
Modified by White Comet at 2:44 AM 9/18/2009

[Clawhammer]

You got any close-ups of the sleeving? Specifically where things branch apart? Lookin' good man.

[White Comet]

i'll snap some pics of the sleeving close up and where it branches the next time i'm over there

[Kaleo55]

Good work guys, I give you kudos for taking on the task and sharing with us. Can't wait to see the finished product. And I hope all you guys plan to make the S-chassis meet this June at Ft Washington State Park.

[White Comet]

i plan on making it as long as i get everything finished, which should be doable

thanks, glad you liked it. everything is almost done wiring wise, i just keep working more shifts so i can buy the parts i need

[Kaleo55]

Hahaha... ok, when you're done yours, youz can do mine...LOL You'll be working more shifts forever to finance buying parts you need for these cars...

[White Comet]

You'll be working more shifts forever to finance buying parts you need for these cars...

so true, especially with an fc project on the back burner. the extra shifts will help get things rolling, since i need about $1k to get the car on the road

[splintercell]

damn good job on using the wrap on harness...wish i would have done that

[White Comet]

thanks, glad you like it. it means a lot coming from someone who also puts so much attention into the details

[breadbox]

That looks sick.

[onepuff]

Here's a little of mine. It's still in progress along with brake/clutch tuck and engine bay body work.

Chassis harness layed out.

"Relocated" fusebox. Relays mounted on underside.

Engine harness just needs some new injector plugs for some RC's

Bulkhead connector

Clutch tuck

[sjbsuperman1425]

to everyone doing this, i give you x10! i really want to do this to my car but just don't have the patience right now..maybe i'll redo the engine harness when replacing the clutch next April or something.

[MastaYu]

clever clutch tuck

[jt15833]

Sorry if I missed this, but to use the loom you need to de-pin the connectors, slide it on, and then re-pin?

What are you using to de-pin?

[White Comet]

yep, we used a pic to pop a pin out of a spare plug and then used that pin to remove the rest

[Johnnydrifter22]

WC in order to make your heater work dont your the air conditioning thing....Goes in between blower motor and heater controls??

[onepuff]

I'll be using this. #16 I think that's what you are referring to.

http://www.trademotion.com/par...gid=2

[White Comet]

yeah i just didnt reinstall it yet, but i removed the ac parts out of it

[Didderson]

Slipnfall/JamieJust wanted to say thanks for posting the website of our plug manufacturer! I've also wanted to buy just a few plugs (the cam angle sensor plug the most) because I stepped on it during install lol. Everyone is adding great info to teh thread!If these 240s were american I'd almost assume Tyco made their plugs lol, but no.

[slipnfall]

'Glad to have something to add.

Actually I wish I had pictures to add... progress is *soo* much slower than I remember it being during my "younger" years (ha). Priorities suck.

Anyhow I could throw up some pics of what by other half calls an OCD-induced disassembly of my hatch, but that's nothing new 'in these parts'.

Keep the updates coming! It keeps me motivated.

On a more productive note - has anyone come across any high-quality fuse/relay centers that aren't geared for marine? I have p/n's of Delphi centers, but can get no love from suppliers.

[SirSilvia]

i plan on making it as long as i get everything finished, which should be doable

thanks, glad you liked it. everything is almost done wiring wise, i just keep working more shifts so i can buy the parts i need

I kinda want my car to be torn apart so I wouldn't be temped to drive it and just work my a** off

[137]

I cant find my build thread on here.

random shot of wire harness plugged into the ac. Once I have my triple pressure canister situation and hose situation resolved. I'll worry about taking the system to an ac specialist to get charged.(obviously first worrying about registration/insurance/tags.)

I still have a lot of wires unanswered for. So I will go through the process of de-pinning them once I sort out the headlight wiring. Fan is wired up, A/C is wired up, relay's are wired up. Just need a relay for the headlights, or make sure E7 is not located on the interior (stock) fuse box.



spent most of the day charging my battery, not sure if my charger works properly or not since it doesn't read voltage out anymore. But judging from my trunk light coming on, and me being able to turn on my tail lights and city lamps. I think it's safe to say, we in da building.

And now, for an electrical systems test.http://vimeo.com/3934295

I would like to add, I did not plug up the dimmer switch. That may be why the lights were not coming on the cluster, I'll have to double check that. It might also have something to do with the hazard switch, or that causes my turn signals not to work, cant recall.

Either way, I'm going to try and wrap up the wiring tomorrow and fire it up.

Then jump into the digital climate control.

Question for anyone that's done it before. How in the f*** do you mount it to your console, I don't see the holes matching up, at all. Guess I'll look at the faq/how to tomorrow.

And that's a wrap for today.

[hbpignosePA]

awsome fuse relay new guy...

good thing WC is such a nice guy, you sorta jacked his thread... but its the same topic and clean as hell so im sure he doesnt care

[White Comet]

it's good info and pictures so it works for me. as long as its on topic its all good. i just want this thread to be a useful resource to anyone wishing to do this

[SR24DET]

On the right you have a SS line with a red and blue fitting. I have been seeing these more and more lately and I cant seem to find them. I ask people on different sites, but they never answer me. Where did you get them. Did you buy them for a spacific spot, or did you get a big reel of it and cut it to the length you needed and add the fitings on later. Either way, where did you get them?