Stupid Wiring Tricks

[Blue Shift]

This barely counts as "tech", but I figure I'd share it anyways.

I'm finally getting some work done on the car (wiring up the 3.4L DOHC swap), and I came to the realization that if you're using an engine bay mounted ECM, or just doing any engine swap, the stock passthrough ends up having too many wrong colored wires, too few correct colored wires, and a bunch of useless shit that clutters everything up. May not bother some people but if you're ADD like me, I just can't concentrate with a clusterfuck like that going on.

Solution? Rip it out and throw it in a pot of boiling water. Just don't let the wife/girlfriend/mom see you. It'll open right up, then you can pull all the wires out, and put anything you want in there. It has this piece in the middle shaped like a comb that holds the wires, so you can arrange your wires in groups, then click it into the shell, and click it all together and put it back in the firewall. If you leave it unsealed, then you can remove or add new wires in seconds while retaining the factory installed look.

Anyways, back to your scheduled programming.

[Blue Shift]

Wtf? Is there a filter in here for the word piece? I thought I at least knew how to spell...

[SappySE107]

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[Kohburn]

heatgun worked for me - i then used hot glue to reseal it.

[Dirty Sanchez]

Let's see piece ... p-i-e-c-e.
Edit: it looks like there is a filter for the word. I wrote it the same way in both instances and it only changed the one without the dashes. That is the correct spelling, I guess someone wants us to look like tards, like people who right brake instead of break, as in to damage something not stop it. :thumbleft:

[The Dark Side of Will]

I always used a heat gun. When I'm done with it, I reseal with expanding urethane foam.

[befarrer]

I used the one out of my donor car, all I had to do was make the hole 1/8" taller. Looks like the original too.

[buddycraigg]

Let's see peice ... p-i-e-c-e.
Edit: it looks like there is a filter for the word. I wrote it the same way in both instances and it only changed the one without the dashes. That is the correct spelling, I guess someone wants us to look like tards, like people who right brake instead of break, as in to damage something not stop it. :thumbleft:

you've got it backwards there big guy.

brake
–noun
1. a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction.

break
–verb
1. to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.

[Mach10]

Oh, SNAP... I didn't know you COULD pull that shit apart.

Thanks, mang! :thumbleft:

[The Dark Side of Will]

Let's see peice ... p-i-e-c-e.
Edit: it looks like there is a filter for the word. I wrote it the same way in both instances and it only changed the one without the dashes. That is the correct spelling, I guess someone wants us to look like tards, like people who right brake instead of break, as in to damage something not stop it. :thumbleft:

you've got it backwards there big guy.

brake
–noun
1. a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction.

break
–verb
1. to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.

Easy there, tough guy.

brake
v. tr.
To reduce the speed of with or as if with a brake.

[bryson]

Break or brake, regardles. P-i-e-c-e is the correct spelling. :scratch:

Not quite sure why the filter is on. I remember reading something about it in one thread awhile back though. Anyway, nice tip about the pass-through. I spent a long time working on mine with razors and screwdrivers.

[p8ntman442]

as in piece of shit v8 referring to the 4.9 motor. I think MTA or shaun, or someone spelled it wrong and thats how the word filter came about.

[cactus bastard]

There's only one way to spell it, regardless of how it's used.

[Dustay]

why would someone filter the word P-iece though? That's just weird. as for the whole break/brake thing... did anyone else notice that he spelled "write" as "right" :la:

[Kohburn]

all you spelling nazi's :la:

personally think the word filters should be limited to actual productive usage.

[The Dark Side of Will]

I think it's funny that people get so wrapped around the axle about that particular filter...

[Xanth]

рiece
РFF

your filters are powerless :thumbleft:

Neat idea with the boiling water btw, I may do that when I finally get around to fixing my Formula. What does the pot look like after though? My GF prob wouldn't be too happy if I ruined one of our few pots working on my car. :nono:

[Kohburn]

grab a "work" pot from a yardsale fro .50 cents

[BigRedDeckSpoiler]

Hmmm...
I knew about the "comb" holding C500 together (sort of.)
Didn't know the passthrough was designed the same way.

Thanks! :thumbleft:

(The 7730 is looking more promising every day.)

[The Dark Side of Will]

Hmmm...
I knew about the "comb" holding C500 together (sort of.)

That's called a TPA (terminal position assurance) or secondary lock.

There are no terminals in the pass through, so it's not really the same thing.