the wire tuck pic thread

[ka-titties]

This is what I'm working with. The one plug has a 12v power wire going into it and the other wire is to the gauge warning light.

[GSXRJJordan]

Your picture shows virtually nothing. I can definitely see that you've got an alternator in there... awesome.

Either you have them hooked up backwards, or your charge post is not seeing battery voltage. Or your alternator is dead. Or your engine-to-chassis ground sucks. Or your battery-to-chassis ground sucks. Or... lots of things.

[ka-titties]

LOL I don't know why I bothered posting that pic. I was completely out of it all day yesterday. The alternator tested fine, but I think the wires may be backward. I'm going to de-pin them and test it out again. Thanks for the help.

[EsChassisLove]

I still have ALOT of tucking to do. Vacuum lines, get rid of a whole bunch of ABS sensors, get the same lines I have for my brakes but for the clutch slave to route that line under the engine, etc etc.

But this is before



And this is after




Sometimes I hate how shiny my bay is lol

[Boostedkouki]

What are you guys doing with the CAS wire to tuck it?

[EsChassisLove]

Ive probably spent a few hours staring at the CAS wire wondering what to do with it...

[Mister.E]

Can anyone tell me whether the wire on an S14 KA that signals the A/C compressor to kick on is a positive or negative signal?

[GSXRJJordan]

Originally Posted by E Double

Can anyone tell me whether the wire on an S14 KA that signals the A/C compressor to kick on is a positive or negative signal?

I'm 90% sure it's a high signal (positive) from the button to the triple pressure switch to the compressor.

[s14tan]

Originally Posted by E Double

Can anyone tell me whether the wire on an S14 KA that signals the A/C compressor to kick on is a positive or negative signal?

Originally Posted by GSXRJJordan

I'm 90% sure it's a high signal (positive) from the button to the triple pressure switch to the compressor.

Jordan, is correct. I ran into this problem the other day and found out the signal is sent via positive from the pressure switch.

[Mister.E]

Thanks guys, 'preciate the help!

[Black240Ct]

heres my CAS wiring.. the s14 sr has that three bolt cover for the Intake Gear, on the bottom bolt i have a rubber bracket holding the loom away from the fan and pulleys

[GSXRJJordan]

Please keep your CAS wiring away from your clutch fans/belts.

Thanks.

[Johny5]

i bet its exciting to watch them fly from a go-pro or something

[GSXRJJordan]

Originally Posted by Johny5

i bet its exciting to watch them fly from a go-pro or something

As a bonus, you'll have plenty of time to watch the footage while someone repairs your shredded harness.

[Om1kron]

Originally Posted by EsChassisLove

Ive probably spent a few hours staring at the CAS wire wondering what to do with it...

run it just the way it was meant to be, whats cooler a car that runs or wires that get fried from your exhaust manifold?

[Z32TT-R]

Mine as of right now, still need to tuck the p/s res.

[ka-titties]

holy balls thats night and day.

[Wongger]

Wow, looks so much better. 300zx engine bays look awful stock.

[EsChassisLove]

What did you do with the wiper motor? That looks dope. I hope my bay is this clean some day

[MyblackS13]

I can't remember if anyone has pointed out this site, and I haven't bought from them yet, so I can't vouch for them, but it looks like they have all kinds of automotive plugs.
Ballenger Motorsports - High Performance Electronics

[Z32TT-R]

Originally Posted by Wongger

Wow, looks so much better. 300zx engine bays look awful stock.

Thanks, and agreed. I hated looking at such a cramped bay all the time, theres a couple other things that are going to get deleted/tucked and some parts getting pc'd once I quit being a lazy ass.

[Z32TT-R]

Originally Posted by EsChassisLove

What did you do with the wiper motor? That looks dope. I hope my bay is this clean some day

Are you talking about the relay, or the wiper motor harness along the firewall?

[R33E8]

Originally Posted by MyblackS13

I can't remember if anyone has pointed out this site, and I haven't bought from them yet, so I can't vouch for them, but it looks like they have all kinds of automotive plugs.
Ballenger Motorsports - High Performance Electronics

I've bought from them a few times.. No problems..

[towlie]

Here's my work in progress

(spare motor)



Nothing to crazy

[Assaultech]

Originally Posted by GSXRJJordan

Tucked and loomed Mil-spec harnesses is what I do lol.

My Mil-spec RB25 setup from the JefeS14, currently for sale with harness:








Conrad Grunewald's Mil-spec LSA harness in his 2010 Formula D Camaro, from scratch.

A couple of things that i have noticed about your harnesses. This is not to bash or hate just pointing out things that i have noticed.
These connectors are no where near Mil-Spec quality (this really bothered me) , they look like speaker connectors that are used in clubs and bars, a poor imitation/rip off to the Chase Bays / Rywire harnesses. There is nothing sealing these plugs off from elements like water dirt ect, this will cause premature wear and corrosion There are a couple of different types of nylon engine loom that you can get, the weave on your loom is not very tight and you can see right through to the bare wires? The junctions where you have multiple splices coming together looks horrible. The heat shrink looks over stretched and its not even the correct way to make that type of junction.

[axiomatik]

^^^^ They look like AMP connectors to me.

[ka-titties]

[waits for reply]

[R33E8]

heyoooo

[Om1kron]

Originally Posted by Assaultech

A couple of things that i have noticed about your harnesses. This is not to bash or hate just pointing out things that i have noticed.

Before I venture into the rest of your post and I'm sure Jeff will have a hearty reply himself if you're going to say something about not bashing or hating please don't "preface" it with I don't mean for you to take this offensively when I'm comparing your budget harness to a top dollar high end harness. You quoted a harness Jeff made before he started doing this as a business for his own personal car. His work looks worlds better than that and those connectors he used on his personal car were some budget camera equipment connectors used in television, and were recommended by Eric Castro. They got the job done, and they were budget minded.

These connectors are no where near Mil-Spec quality (this really bothered me) , they look like speaker connectors that are used in clubs and bars, a poor imitation/rip off to the Chase Bays / Rywire harnesses.

I think before you call anyones work a rip off of anything then you should at least know the origins of the people you're comparing him to. LOL!!! Rywire was getting so busy he brought someone in under him (chase bays) who after some time together chase decided he knew all he needed to know to run off and start his own business and take some clients with him and Ryan has received tons of work cleaning up chases fuck-ups. I personally have no problem with Chase and I think the quality of his work has improved but he still has a stained reputation and nobody has nothing nice to say about the guy I've spoken to.

As far as the OG'ness of their harness style, race cars, helicopters, jets etc have been using this style of engine harness with raychem covering on them way before anyone was casually spending money on this shit...

There is nothing sealing these plugs off from elements like water dirt ect, this will cause premature wear and corrosion There are a couple of different types of nylon engine loom that you can get, the weave on your loom is not very tight and you can see right through to the bare wires? The junctions where you have multiple splices coming together looks horrible. The heat shrink looks over stretched and its not even the correct way to make that type of junction.

He very well could've purchased some boots for the tech flex but again this was a personal inexpensive harness for himself. There are only a few people that have actually ponied up the cash for a raychem setup




Things done changed since. I would actually like to see someone pony up the money to get some "rywire quality" work out of Jeff and actually pay for it but it's the nissan community we're talking about here. Honda people will pay 1000 bucks for a front lip, you couldn't get anyone on this site to buy a set of wheels for more than 1000 bucks.

[GSXRJJordan]

Lol, nice Assaultech. I was an AT in the Navy, but that doesn't mean that everything that people pay me to make for them is up to Mil standards.

The modern Mil-C-5015 connectors that I typically use are absolutely Mil-spec, I order them with a manufacturers part number with an attached NSN. The Tyco CPC connector I tried with my RB25 harness was a trial run, since so many people didn't want to pay for 'real' connectors, and I've never used them since ~ pin alignment on anything larger than 6- or 8-pin was horrible.

Without giving up too much of the information that's taken a few years to put together, the wire is Mil-W-22759, and I use a couple Daniels crimpers. The mid-harness connectors vary a bit, from pricey Mil-spec circulars, to Deutsch DTM connectors, to spade terminals on some stuff. Loom varies from flame-retardant expandable mesh to Raychem DR25, always terminated with Mil-spec dual-wall adhesive heat shrink.

I've posted a few higher-end harnesses throughout this thread, but like I said, I try to post up stuff that's relevant to my audience. Matt Powers is the only S-chassis running around with my nicer stuff. It's delicious.