A '54 named Busty

[layinrocker65]

better go camping before our great CA leader makes it illegal again

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by layinrocker65

better go camping before our great CA leader makes it illegal again

so true

[texxxan]

I hope you enjoyed your camping trip.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by texxxan

I hope you enjoyed your camping trip.

thanks, yes we did, it was rad and much needed, I am now trying to get motivated to walk into the garage and do the fuel plumbing...

[Gregski]

mandatory stare and compare

stock sending unit vs the sump pump

[Gregski]

and here's a little close up, I got this sending unit with the screw on couplers for a reason so I was not going to cut them off and use the compression AN adapters, it took me a while but I got the right AN adapter that simply screw in, I like this clean setup

[Gregski]

and she's in, these sending units come in two different clock positions but this one is good enough for me as long as it fits I can route the steel braided lines accordingly

[Gregski]

I swear would it kill 'em to label the return line on this Corvette fuel filter regulator?!?!?! had to find a labeled diagram to run the lines the proper way as it sure aint intuitive at all and the stubs are not long enuff to tell a 3/8ths from a 5/16ths

I know there's an arrow but I took that as directional flow from tank to engine, all I want is a little "R" next to the proper nipple ha ha

[texxxan]

Originally Posted by Gregski

I swear would it kill 'em to label the return line on this Corvette fuel filter regulator?!?!?! had to find a labeled diagram to run the lines the proper way as it sure aint intuitive at all and the stubs are not long enuff to tell a 3/8ths from a 5/16ths

I know there's an arrow but I took that as directional flow from tank to engine, all I want is a little "R" next to the proper nipple ha ha

I never paid much attention to this before. Thank you for pointing this out. I will have a head start now when I do my conversion.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by texxxan

I never paid much attention to this before. Thank you for pointing this out. I will have a head start now when I do my conversion.

no worries my friend this is why I try and document, majority of this is discovery and if I can help someone else out, that's a bonus, and I find myself referring to my own build threads years later, cause you blink and it's been 2, 4, hewk 10 years since you done did something (and hopefully she's still running, ha ha)

gonna spend most of today cutting up my thumbs whilst attempting to make more steel braided fuel lines, I found some great Fragola brand -6 AN fittings I've ran them in the past so it's just a matter of cutting the lines and putting them on

end is in sight!

[Gregski]

Spaghetti Western

[Gregski]

Injector wires in place (approximately) we fully expect to make adjustments as we go

[Gregski]

added the coil wires...

[Gregski]

added, alternator wires, TPS, MAF, Temp, you get the idea, we just keep building and building...

[Gregski]

and pretty soon all that was left was the Transmission branch of wires to run...

[Wide Open]

Looking good

[8man]

Man that looks like fun! Almost road worthy.

[texxxan]

What is the Fun Meter on all this wiring?

[layinrocker65]

Wiring is the worst, such a pain. I like to use small zip ties to hold it all together as I go. They are easy to cut off, no adhesive to deal with and you can pull wires out of them if needed. Probably go through a few hundred when building a car.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by texxxan

What is the Fun Meter on all this wiring?

ha ha, I love a brother who follows along and reads the thread, well, I think my mamma must have dropped the PCM on my head too many times, cause I actually enjoy wiring so we give it a high score of ... [wait for it] ...

Wiring Fun Level (WFL) = 8.0

Cons - old sticky tape gets your hands dirty, nice and black unless you wear gloves to undo it all

Pros - WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get, ie you get immediate recognizable results, unlike rebuilding an engine for example and having to wait weeks or months to hear it fire, I hope that makes sense

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by layinrocker65

Wiring is the worst, such a pain. I like to use small zip ties to hold it all together as I go. They are easy to cut off, no adhesive to deal with and you can pull wires out of them if needed. Probably go through a few hundred when building a car.

I hear you brother and thank you for the advice I will give the little ones a go, I know that the old tape I used the lighter in color with writing on it, (which you can no longer buy, darn it) was super easy to work with and do and undo and reuse, the darker one is much more difficult to use

[8man]

Yep, hook up that multimeter and you have a winner...or a looser and you re-do it.

I've not done the thinning of the PCM like you did, and I hooked it up with with all the connectors attached to the wires, but it does looks interesting. Where/how did you learn to thin the harness?

[Gregski]

so all these wires will get shortened and new pins crimped on,

FYI the PCM uses two different size pins the pin side is the same size but the part that grabs the wire is two different sizes depending on the gaugeness or thickness of the wire

Mouser part numbers: 829-15359001 $15 for 50 and 829-15359002 $20 for 50

I decided to mount the PCM to the firewall on the passenger side for the following reasons

1. closest to the battery and the starter so shorter wire runs
   
2. offset the weight of the driver (for racing purposes - yeah right!?)
   
3. thought about running the PCM on the inside of the cab but the PCM belongs in the engine bay (became lazy and talked myself out of it)

[8man]

But where does the AC go?

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 8man

But where does the AC go?

ha ha, I'm only 48 so I have another 2 years before the mandatory old man accessories go on, and if I ever install a tilt steering column you come over and punch me in the neck, hee hee