My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

[Injectedcutty]

pulled the dash back out to clean up the wiring further. weather looks bad next few days so idk if ill get to do any work on it. plus i need a mental break lol

Take a breather buddy, you've been hammering away! My dad (veteran diesel mechanic) always told me to step back from time to time to prevent screwing up stuff....especially with wiring which is his expertise and everything i know about wiring he taught me.

Btw, did you get an answer on what color wires for turn signals? I wanna say light blue and dark blue...but not 100%. I can get my book out and look em up if need be.

 

[6spdg37s]

Take a breather buddy, you've been hammering away! My dad (veteran diesel mechanic) always told me to step back from time to time to prevent screwing up stuff....especially with wiring which is his expertise and everything i know about wiring he taught me.

Btw, did you get an answer on what color wires for turn signals? I wanna say light blue and dark blue...but not 100%. I can get my book out and look em up if need be.

yeah i took a step back, thats why i pulled the dash out... i said to myself "i can make this wiring look much better"

I am re-using the fuel gauge wire ( checked the ohms at the tank and in the car and the numbers match)
voltage is coming from the switched 12v from the old cluster.

blinkers are light blue and dark blue

switched 12v is powering the gauges.

one wire i couldnt find was the dash lighting from the cluster harness side, but i tapped the gray wire on the headlight switch which provides power to the dash lights so it should have the same function...

pretty much I am trying really hard to have this car not be a big piece of sh*t... and thats what is weighing on me...

have the rims in my storage container, seats are on order...

i just hope it all comes together.

 

[6spdg37s]

ordered TESSA tape, the felt tape that audi VW uses to wrap harnesses... going to wrap the wires in that so it looks good..

 

[Texas82GP]

ordered TESSA tape, the felt tape that audi VW uses to wrap harnesses... going to wrap the wires in that so it looks good..

Is this what you bought? Interesting.
Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/252032122342

 

[6spdg37s]

Is this what you bought? Interesting.
Look at this on eBay http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5335822911&icep_item=252032122342

yes!

so my boy has a remote start/stereo/car electronic company and my other boy is a mechanic at range rover and they both swear by this stuff, pretty sure its OEM on the range rover and my boy is super picky/OCD when he does installs and uses it

 

[6spdg37s]

I could of picked it up at the supplier that he gets his products from but I figured i would just order it online and give my self a few day break !

the white seats got delivered today.

pretty much I will tape up the wires when the tape comes, then put the dash in, wire the cluster up. once that is done, order the seat mounts, console mount, console, carpet and shifter.

 

[6spdg37s]

x pipe kit got delivered today... we were all set to start fabricating the exhaust when we realized we ran out of 3 inch flanges
we ordered some so hopefully in the next week or so we can start tackling that...

 

[Texas82GP]

You've got a hell of a car. It sounds pretty tough with that cam.

 

[6spdg37s]

You've got a hell of a car. It sounds pretty tough with that cam.

thank you !

its open header right now. in person loud as hell... its still gonna be loud but toned down a little thru the x pipe and the mufflers

 

[6spdg37s]

work been crazy busy so didn't get to do anything else yet