New England Chit Chat

[Guido]

Where did you go from underneath ?

Billy, im mounting them center dash, like kevin's setup

 

[HellsBells]

So fancy Jake. So fancy.

 

[Guido]

yea, im regretting that decision now! i should've just gone with the SOS pod on the A pillar. This is such a pain in my ass. Who wants to come up this weekend and help me finish this before that storm destroys us ? lol

 

[HellsBells]

I would if I could...The SOS pillar pod wasn't too bad, you can run the wires up under the pedals and on the side of the dash

 

[Captainstr8edge]

Much easier with 2 people. If you stick your head under the dash on the drivers side you can see the vent. The plastic flexes enough to get the wires in, then use a needlenose pliers to pull them through the grate on top of the dash.

 

[HellsBells]

Or get a wire clothe hanger and just undo it. Tape the wires to one end and fish it through. Also great for poking through grommets and impromptu abortions.

 

[S197gt07]

Ouch...

 

[Guido]

Anyone wanna come up for a night? I got beer!!!

 

[Guido]

Two wires down... Two to go

 

[S197gt07]

Better hurry before Sandy gets here!

 

[Guido]

Just put the mustang in the garage yesterday. Probably gonna take it off the road depending on if NH gets any snow.

 

[S197gt07]

I don't think you'll get snow, the colder air is MUCH more west of us.

Took mine out friday for the first time in 40+ days. Talk about flat spots on the tires!

After all this crap passes I'll start thinking about getting it off the road, or at least doing its oil change, and sending the current stuff to blackstone.

 

[jrglenni]

You're probably done already, but I took a 1" drill bit and drilled a hole through the bottom of the vent channel right above the gas pedal to get my wires through. Still a pain in the ass but it worked out nice in the end.

I did it first by going through a hole in the dash but re-wired it when I switched out the nitrous pressure gauge for the boost gauge. I don't think I have any pics of the spot where I drilled the hole. This is a writeup with some pics of the first way I did it.

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/foru...04073-trick-running-dash-pod-wiring-05-a.html

 

[jrglenni]

And btw, once you get one wire through, the rest should be cake! Did you run a "fishing" wire through first to help you pull the others through?

 

[S197gt07]

Anybody get damage from Sandy? We had a couple trees down in the area, and a bunch of wind/rain obviously.

 

[HellsBells]

So many leaves....

 

[S197gt07]

I think, at least in this region, the leaves being ready to fall off is what saved a lot of trees/damage from happening.

Just think if all the trees had all their "sails" for those 70mph gusts...

 

[HellsBells]

That's true. I hope the storm blew away all the snow for the year

 

[Guido]

I haven't touched the gauges since my last post...lol.

 

[Guido]

Got the wires run through the dash. Not the way i wanted to, but oh well