Been working on it a little in the evenings.
I had a non-motor project. The sunroof gearbox wouldn't close it all the way. This led me to leave the sunroof headliner off it so I could press it up into place. I replaced the gearbox and installed the headliner.
I cleaned up the wiring as much as possible. My plan was to make all the cables run up either side of the center console, and from under the seat down the outer rail where the factory engine harness ran. I did ok, but couldn't get them all.
The connection from the computer to the OBD2 port is too short to do anything with and the pedal controller is very difficult to place. It just has to go on the floor. Nothing you can do with it. All in all, I'm not very satisfied with the wiring harness. It was lengthened and cleaned up, but not nearly enough - on either count.
I would have made the alternator connections longer, the pedal connection longer, the O2 sensor connections longer and then there's a line that goes to the knock sensor and the starter - those two are right next to each other on a vette, but they're on opposite sides in this configuration. I lengthened them all myself, but it would have been nice for them to have done it. I'm also not a fan of the covering material they used. It's basically that split corrugated plastic tubing you get at Lowes wrapped in wide black non-sticky tape. It would have been better with a modern kevlar cover. I used that stuff everywhere I could. It's like Chinese handcuffs. It's a woven material that accommodates different bundle sizes well.
It would also have been nice if the harness had been made to integrate the relays for the cooling fans, fuel pump and water pump. It had signal wires but no power connection or relays.
I'm asking a lot, I know, but that's just my thoughts.
Here's the cleanup of the wiring under the seat.
If you look at the bottom bolt on the parking brake you can see a little switch panel I fabbed up. This is a pair of manual override switches for the cooling fans. It's temporary for now, but I may keep it. Also, the pedal harness is laid out on the passenger floorboard because the plugs make it too large for me to shove it under the center console carpet. I'll leave that job for the upholstery man.
Driver seat back in.
It's not on the road yet. I don't have brakes. I pressure bled it and didn't get a pedal. I had to dig around a little but it ended up having several leaky connections. I'll have to fix those before I can continue. I was too tired to do it this evening and I didn't have anymore brake fluid anyway.
I also ordered an A/C condenser. That'll be the next project. When the condenser gets here, I'll have everything I need except fittings and hoses. And the hose compression tool thingamabob, of course.
I'm still not happy with the electrical routing. The wires that run from the computer side to the battery side need work. Also, I have a ton of connections going to the back post on the cutoff switch. I've left those long for now because I'd like to devise some sort of power distribution block that can clean that up. I could put it under the passenger seat but I can't really find anything. I need something like 200 Amps and all the ones I see can only handle 30 Amps. Home Depot has some residential stuff that could handle it but it won't fit under the seat and wouldn't actually look better. So, dunno. I'll leave it for later.
Hal