Im in the process of adding the electrical system to my wagon and need some encouragement. The car is now back halfed and I have my fuel system plumbed on the inside of the right frame rail. So far I have decided to locate the battery over the right rear wheel inside the body in an approved sealed vented box since I have no fire wall. There is not enough room to get it under the chassis with my cell being between the frame rails. To be a clean install I would like to route the cables outside the car logically down the right frame rail after coming out of the cut off switch for shorter wire runs. This is where I am skeptical. I don't like the idea of my hot leads being in the same vicinity of my steel braided fuel lines. My next option is running the cables inside the car but I will not have an interior in the back half area and would rather keep it clean looking instead of routing cable over or around wheel tubs. Any thoughts on ways of running the fuel line and cables down the same side is welcome.
Battery relocation and fuel lines.
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Mine were all tied together and ran within the frame rail of the backhalf. Then they came out and ran down the inside of the factory frame rail together.
Good to know people have done it. Thank you. Whether its right or wrong to do thats what I'm fighting.
This is the best picture I have. You can see the hole in the side of the rail on the right side where everything enters the rail.
I like that clean look of running through the frame rail. I think I'll run the power cables through mine. I did by a protected cover to cover my wires so I feel good about that. Thank you
I run mine following the fuel lines. I used the plastic sheathing to avoid chafing. and zip ties a couple of feet apart to secure the cable.
Just my $.02, I remote mounted a F0rd starter solenoid to the trunk, so that the large wire was only hot when cranking. Had to extend the starter solenoid wire and added a fused charging wire from the alternator to the solenoid. Mines a street car, so I thought that this was safer. wires run up the LH side with the brake line.
I ran #10 for the solenoid, and #8 for the alternator. This ran from a positive terminal block that I added under the engine compartment for the cab power, fan and headlight relays.
Thanks Ill look into this a little more. I have 1/0 I'm running from the battery to a junction on the fire wall and 2AWG from the battery direct to the charging system. My run is about 10 feet. Do you have a pic of your solenoid wired up by chance? How far u from the battery or back from the key switch and what size fuse did you use? Thanks
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