Re: PM Finds |
Subject: Re: PM Finds by hcbph on 2016/4/3 0:56:28 Took care of the battery and a bubba left over. I know what you mean on the wrench. When I bought the car and had to change the battery early on, whoever changed it previous time slipped the tab on that bottom panel between the bolt head and the washer before tightening it up. They effectively dug the head into the glass. That was a bear to get loose with the minimum clearance. My Craftsman wrenches wouldn't fit through the slot but I had a set of HF combo wrenches I'd picked up that fit the slot just fine. Figured while in there, I'm undo the Bubba leftover there. PO had the original 4+3 changed out for a Tremec 5 speed. Transmission replacement looked good until you got to some of the wiring, that's where Bubba stuck his nose into the job again. There's a Dakota Digital converter box that changes the signal and makes it compatable with existing speedometer. They put it in a little box under the cruise unit between it and the battery. Unfortunately you need to have access to it while driving or use a chassis dyno to adjust the conversion factor, it was off by several mph. I added some wire to get the box so it will go inside while driving last year. That was part one. Part two was it needs power, Bubba knocked out the lug on the positive battery cable and replaced it with one that has a stud on it and wired the power there plus had a large ringlet on the ground wire and put it between the negative battery cable and the battery. I changed the wire ends and moved the negative to the firewall and positive to that positive terminal junction between the battery and the firewall. Two more Bubba finger prints gone. After I do the straps, figuring out where I want to mount a battery cutoff switch in the negative cable. This will be after doing the straps so I'm just figuring it out for now. I picked up a nice heavy duty battery cutoff switch from Summit Racing last year. My initial looks indicate it likely will have to go in the well ahead of the driverside front wheel. I'll need to find where the end of the negative cable and that smaller wire go to. Once i find those points then it will be getting new cables to run to where the switch will mount and a new cable to run to the same point. I think those I can buy or get made and I'll also need to make up a mount to hang the switch off the frame. Because of the increased length, I'm guessing I'll have to go with something like 4 gauge to insure it can handle everything due to the increased length vs the original negative cable. |