Now to route the C500 to its new home behind the battery. I wanted everybody all together, so I would know where to look! Plus the battery would offer a bit more weather protection



I ran the in and out through the opening in the backet. This would help support the wiring and keep it away from the pulleys. I also split a dead vacuum lineto line the metal on the bracket to keep it from chaffing the wires



Attached it to this little bracket on the firewall to keep everything solid

On to the alternator...



I ran my sense wire parallel to the alternator output wire. I ran both on a shorter route to the passenger side and back to the junction block instead of around the motor and across the exhaust to the firewall and over. When carrying the power to keep the car running with top volts, you want the shortest route possible and the prefect size wire to reduce degradation on the trip. The output became a 8 gauge with 12 gauge fusible link.



The sense line was made of 12 gauge and ran by itself now. I had to solder in the new wire as the old was completely compromised.



I replaced my broken alternator clip buy sliping out the old ends and placing them in the new connector.

Everybody all covered up in new loom. The old was broken, dry rotted, and melted, if it existed at all.



Yes its red. I had it around. Plus it brings the red indy accent into the engine bay...



I have to get the AC serviced... when I do I will have the small group of wires on the front side moved behind the lines



With the heat shield back in place and the filter housing back on

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Last but not lease by any means... I had to run and protect the 2 remaining line going to the starter. The battery cable was new, but the neutral safety line was charred, but my reroute gave me enough spare line to trim out the bad

So I got the thermotech wire insulation and slipped it over the neutral safety line and the power wire to the starter. The starter already had a blanket.

quote Originally posted by ALJR: Free is always good When I did my 3800 harness, I reused the black factory loom, then covered with another layer of black electrical tape(something you could do to hide the red). I also used HVAC foil tape in areas where the loom got close to heat/exhaust to reflect some of the heat away from the loom/wires... Just something to think about; I would hate to see your hard work melt away... BTW, if you do decide to cover the loom w/ black electrical tape, DO NOT get the cheap stuff. I use the cheap stuff to wrap the wires, then used the 3M tape for the outer layer to cover the loom. The cheap stuff doesn't seem to be as sticky and eventually starts to unravel...

good idea. I only use 3m for car work. Learned that lesson early... Lol... I will wait on any tape for a while though. I like the idea that I can pull the loom to insert the wires if need be. Once I'm 100% confident I don't need to fiddle with wires...

ok back thru the pics...

wiring done and first start up... Around 9/5

one more start up 9/7 or 9/8

rear coil over & poly conversion... Started at completion again 9/29 and 9/30

front lowering and poly conversion... Started at completion 10/21

drove to show.... 10/22

errand.... 10/28

photoshoot.... 10/30

so those are all the start up dates with down time b/w. In the past I would have had a dead battery and multiple no starts, so I think I
I'm finally doing good