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08-22-2009, 04:23:02 PM
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The Beast gets rewired finally
D-Day has arrived.
I was too overwhelmed with electrical because I fried my harness when I was 21 when I bought this car in 1995. Then I ripped it out in 1997.....and couldn't figure out how to put the NEW Painless harness into the car. So I dragged it with me as a broke / partying 20 something year old for 5 more years, no harness in it. Then finally got my cousins husband to rewire it.....but he completely FUBAR'd it and hid it. He wired in my OLD harness to the NEW fuse panel.  I didn't know this until AFTER the LS1 was put in , because he loomed everything nicely, but it was a frankenstein botch job. 
So after 14 years of waiting, and me finally learning the ropes on electrical and reading the schematics and overcoming my fears of wiring, I'm gutting the f'n pig again.  This time I think I know what I'm doing ( I hope  ) and the Highway 22 kit from American Auto Wiring is going into it this time with the LS1 / 4L60e. I'm marking anything that I can't identify for later. So far it's only been a few hours today and it's almost gutted. Wish me luck. 
Here we go again!!!!!
LS1 Connections - The ECM is going to be put right here instead of under the hood too.
Under dash clusterfook
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08-22-2009, 04:31:07 PM
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Good luck, keep us posted.
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08-22-2009, 04:35:59 PM
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Dont cut the Blue wire : )
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08-22-2009, 04:36:43 PM
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get on it! I wanna see this thing running by tommorow! ha ha.
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08-22-2009, 04:37:06 PM
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Good luck Ace, I think you will do just fine.
lol @ Baab
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08-22-2009, 04:57:35 PM
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Lose the chair or nothing will get done! 
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08-22-2009, 05:00:25 PM
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Remember, if you get frustrated walk away for abit. Have a beer or something. Wiring is easy if you take your time and for the love of god please clean those sidepipes.
BTW, it that a Cutlass next to the maro?
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08-22-2009, 05:10:29 PM
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The Birdman of Carlisle, LGM
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Glad to hear!!!! - got gauges yet?
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08-22-2009, 05:59:47 PM
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Luck to ya you crazy irish dude!
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08-22-2009, 06:21:41 PM
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Okay, finally completed gutting it.
Now ....I have to run the new harness and start crimping, soldering, and heat shrinking next weekend.
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Originally Posted by gordonquixote
Glad to hear!!!! - got gauges yet?
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If you google "Cobalt Gauges" you will see my gauge bezel is the #1 hit.
I've had gauges since 2006......but I have never put them in.
After FINALLY attempting to do so this summer .....I just realized my wiring
is so f'd up I needed to just gut the pig and start all over again. This time
it will be a thing of beauty. I got some good tips on connectors too off an
Admin on Lateral-G > Metripak kit http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CE...9/?image=large
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BTW, it that a Cutlass next to the maro?
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Yeah, just bought it off my Uncle in North Carolina in May 2009.
Got it for a steeeeeeal.
She's done, just waiting on reupholstered seats completion.
Blew close to $4,000 so far on that one, so the Camaro has been due for attention.
BTW - Sidepipes are getting powdercoated .....the chrome just doesn't hold up to the winter.
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Tiocfaidh ár lá Gun Facts / 287g to FIGHT the Illegals Invasion Video
Handguns are the most popular weapon chosen by Americans for self-defense in the home,
and a complete prohibition of their use is invalid. - US Supreme Court 2008.
Last edited by Aceshigh : 08-22-2009 at 06:33:32 PM.
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08-22-2009, 10:21:56 PM
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Cutlass looks good!
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08-22-2009, 10:38:15 PM
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Dont cut the Blue wire : ) |
ROFLMBO!!
Bab!!!
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New idle vid with Schoenfeld IMCA modified inserts in Hooker sidepipes...
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08-22-2009, 10:46:59 PM
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That car is SWEET......when do I get to see it in person?
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those valve covers are made in China you know!!.................... lol
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08-22-2009, 10:51:35 PM
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Lose the chair or nothing will get done! |
I would like to sit in that chair, drink beer & watch him do this.
Good luck sir! |
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08-23-2009, 11:52:43 AM
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Originally Posted by protour73
That car is SWEET......when do I get to see it in person?
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When you come over to a cruise by my house.
I'm hoping Parts Place gets my new seat spring assembly within 2 weeks.
I'm waiting on that to complete the seats upholstery.......BEEEN waiting.... 
NO ONE has it ......big time backorder for months now.
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I would like to sit in that chair, drink beer & watch him do this.
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What a deek!!!! LOL I'm very determined now. I have 2 races coming up
that I want to participate in up at Road of America. So I have a limited
time frame to finish. Thanks tho......I'll be done after I blow up the Electrical
section with questions up the arse.
Any recommendations on how to relay the power winders ???
IIRC those are negatively grounded and will require some special attention to wiring.....
as is the wiper motor.....I have pics to post to ask WTF on.....
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Tiocfaidh ár lá Gun Facts / 287g to FIGHT the Illegals Invasion Video
Handguns are the most popular weapon chosen by Americans for self-defense in the home,
and a complete prohibition of their use is invalid. - US Supreme Court 2008.
Last edited by Aceshigh : 08-23-2009 at 11:54:46 AM.
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