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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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.

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.

quote 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!!!

quote 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.

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.



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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