World's slowest Fiero/Quad 4 Swap (Page 49/50)
Quadfather SEP 22, 07:11 PM
Friday the surgeon cleared me to lift up to 40 pounds. Won't be fully released for another five weeks.

Today I tried to get back into finishing the wiring harness. That included putting the front of the car on blocks so I could look underneath. I got to thinking that if I sort out the battery cables, box and circuit breaker it will force me to make decisions about the wiring harness and get it done.

As I mentioned before, I may replace the metal battery box I made years ago with a fiberglass one.



The front suspension/front end is the only part of the car I haven't done much work to yet.



I forget where I got the heavy gauge cables that I ran under the car as battery cables. I'm not happy with how they look, plus I'm kinda partial to using the cool Riviera battery cables I got from the salvage years ago.



I'll have to check the forum to see how other owners have run battery cables under the car.

Also today, I checked the replacement injector plugs I got from the salvage. Three of my plugs are broken. They'll probably still work but I should change them out right now while I'm here.



The plugs are the same, but of course the wiring is different. The GTZ injector harness has only three wires, the Twin Cam version has five.



I'll have to see if I can unpin each plug.

The weather is finally cooling off so as my stamina comes back maybe I can finally get this thing on the road.

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Quadfather OCT 13, 07:09 PM
Getting back into the groove to get this thing finished and on the road. I'd like to install a circuit breaker or a junction block or two in the frunk. I got this one from work.



This is the same unit we use on all our company vehicles and we've never had a problem with any of them. I see a couple fairly flat spots in the frunk that might work for mounting.



Instead, I could use a couple junction blocks, one for the positive and one for the negative. I need to draw up a diagram and figure it out.

Quadfather OCT 13, 07:15 PM
My wife and I were garage sale-ing down the highway in Owasso yesterday when I saw this.



In this part of the country garage sale signs often don't reflect reality, so I've learned to keep my head on a swivel while looking for active sales. I saw about one foot of the front end of that Fiero from about 150 yards away while passing the street it was on.

And this was at our grocery store today. Studebaker. Followed the owner out of the store and he said he did some of the fabrication work and the paint. Looked and sounded great, especially when he pumped up the air bags just a bit in order to leave



Quadfather DEC 13, 01:35 PM
I've been so busy at work I just haven't had time to get much done on this project but I have been collecting more tools and supplies. I have PTO the week of Christmas so I'm hoping to move forward then, including installing the battery cables and finalizing the engine harness.
82-T/A [At Work] DEC 13, 01:49 PM

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Originally posted by Quadfather:

I've been so busy at work I just haven't had time to get much done on this project but I have been collecting more tools and supplies. I have PTO the week of Christmas so I'm hoping to move forward then, including installing the battery cables and finalizing the engine harness.




Looking forward to seeing it done!!!
Quadfather DEC 13, 01:54 PM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
Looking forward to seeing it done!!!



Amen. January 1st will be the 14th anniversary of the beginning of this project. It's way past time to get this thing finished.
Quadfather DEC 15, 07:08 PM
I bought a piece of PVC conduit to run the positive battery cable through underneath the car. It was a pretty tight fit under the flange that holds the gas tank, so much so that the ends bend down.

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This conduit is listed as 3/4", with an OD of 1". I'll try 1/2". I cut a short section of battery cable and it looks as though it would fit in a 1/2" conduit.

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Quadfather DEC 15, 07:20 PM
While I was under the car I remembered how worn out the insulation is around the heater tube. What's the best way to address this?

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Quadfather JAN 26, 04:56 PM
Decided to make a battery box out of one of the bait tanks sitting around the shop. I believe it's plastic, not fiberglass.



I had to piece together parts of the flange and now I'm waiting for the fiberglass to set up.







Once the fiberglass on the bottom side cures, I'll flip it over, remove the tape and glass the top side.

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Quadfather JAN 26, 05:13 PM
I also decided to run the positive battery cable under the console, the way fieroguru said he did.

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/...502-2-099956.html#p5



I bought a couple bulkhead connectors from Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B..._dt_b_fed_asin_title

These turned out to be much bigger than I was expecting.



I won't get time to get back to the shop until next weekend. That's when I'll try to install the positive battery cable, circuit breaker and bulkhead connector. I may also buy a used battery from the salvage yard to make sure one will fit and to fabricate the terminals and cables.

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