Nine Fourteen Sex, The on going story of Love and Lust for a Machine. Options

[914 Ranch]

Tonight I have been working on the wiring behind the Arduino board screen which controls the fan motors and the Gurney Flap.



This is a bunch of spaghetti and needs to be trimmed down to a manageable state. I think that before I am through here that all the connectors and most of the wiring will be changed. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

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Well I'm about to start hanging wire all over the car. I like heat shrinking the wires because it covers all of the wire colors and that helps with making the car look less cluttered. My problem is that I wired the car for the street and it's probably not going to see much time on the streets. I was thinking that if I get serious about racing I can easily pull all the lights and switches out of the car.

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Ahhh!!!



So this is what I want to do for the easy removal of the wires and lights. I think that the weight of the the electrical components weight is about 20 pounds.

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Ahhh!!!



So this is what I want to do for the easy removal of the wires and lights. I think that the weight of the the electrical components is about 20 pounds. The magnets hold the small wires in place nicely. And if I need more holding power I just add more magnets.

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Hey Joe ... check your message inbox (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif)

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Thanks Mark, good to hear from you.
I have the dash out and am stripping out the electrical components, lights, wiring and switches. I'm putting it all in a bag and I'll weigh it when I'm done.



A new oil pressure gauge.

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I almost feel like a have been sinning. Working on the car and not writing. Got some good progress though. Much less clutter under the dash. I need to move tie down on the battery and make a few more connections in the dash (2 warning lights) and I can try start up. That always makes me smile.

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Lots of progress but I still have a few circuits to remove. The dash is looking much cleaner. I broke one of the mirrors and have to replace it so that gives me the opportunity to add another mirror to the center of the dash.



In the picture you can see that I mounted the LED screen. It still needs to be wired in. I probably have another day removing wires, I can't wait to see how much weight I am removing from the car.

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I've got all this stuff going on with the dashboard and I'm sure you'll remember that I broke one of the mirrors. Well I ordered a new pair and decided to mount the unbroken one to the center of the dash. Which will require a pedestal mount as the dash is 3" lower than the firewall.



In mounting the mirror I'll need to shim the cowling off the 914 cowling.

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Picture from the driving position.



I also have one from my the front of the car.

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The other picture.

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I'm rewiring the car, trying to make it easier to work on. Moving the boxes and new wires under the dash.



At this time the car has 10 circuits.

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Still working on the circuitry. Getting some progress and should be closing the dash soon. Expecting the hardware for the center mirror today but I wanted to see the mirror up.



I like it but if I think it'll too tall I can shorten it later.

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Mirror mounted. I shortened the stand and I like it.

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Major progress on the electrical this evening. I'm really hoping for start up tomorrow. Got the starter signal and that put a smile on my face.

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So I got start up last night. Been working on that for over a week. You see I have an event coming at me. In the next 2 or 3 days this thread is going to have reached 50,000 viewers and that audience deserves pictures. So I need to get the car running and move it to a more picturesque area than it's home in the trailer.

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We went over 50,000 viewers yesterday, I am so jazzed. Today I am cleaning up the car and trailer so I can take the car to a nice place for the photo opportunity.

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In the cleaning of the car I decided to do some paint touch up to cover some rust stains. Then I decided to repair the front trunk hood but my epoxy was all dead from age. So new epoxy arrived yesterday and now I can go forward with the repairs.



Glass, sand repeat glass, sand repeat... It's shape and rigidity is returning.

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Been busy doing a lot of little things on stuff that I got burnt out on or needed more tools. Tools for Riv nuts really make a difference in the finish and appearance of the scoops. I still have 6 Riv nuts and screws to install on the scoops. I'm thinking that I need more rivets on the bottom of the scoops. It's just the spacing that bothers me, need to tighten it up a little. So this will bring me back to the targa bar as far as finishing the construction repairs. All of this stuff is making her look much better.



Still not pretty but looking much straighter.

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Like I said, I still have a bunch of work to do under the car. I really can't get under the where she is. She needs things like an oil change and some fittings on the new coolers, wheel studs and other work that I can put off awhile. Currently she needs to have the plenums cleaned from the just completed work. When I do that I'll give the engine bay a washing also.