[Diy_efi] wiring suppliers

Fri Dec 10 15:22:18 GMT 2004

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Yes, Now that Im technically out of the mechainc business, I have no pictures(customer cars) to  look at on a daily basis, YES the salvage yard is an awesome place to source ideas. Ive been known to just walk around there and find ideas for cute little hiddne fues blocks, interior ideas for gages and accesories, or what ever might come to mind. But those nice big fuse blocks are not for me, I have much to confined space for those. I would have loved to keep the factory Grand Prix underhood relay/fues box, but do to confined space of my grand am, Im hard pressed for space. My coolant bottle goes on the right side of the eng compartmet and the new pcm is taking home where my battery use to go... so space is of the essence... :) If anyone is curious about my conversion look here...

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frederic <frederic at midimonkey.com> wrote:
> Also check out www.waytek.com they have it all too. I bought a fuse box
> for my rig from them.

Waytek is good for wiring, for sure.

The cheapest way to do the fuse box thing is to rip one out of an 80's to 
early 90's GM car, and use a small screwdriver underneath to release all 
the spades that are in the block, and yank them out with the short wire 
tails from your cutting it out.

Then reload it with spades and new wire at whatever length you like. The 
advantage of this aside from it being cheap, is the fuse box is labeled 
for "Wipers" and "radio" and such, so down the road you can easily 
remember what is what. Also, the ignition buss and battery feed buss 
already existing, making it even easier to wire up.

I prefer GM boxes, but by no means are you limited. Some of the larger 
SUV's from different makers have very large fuse boxes with more fuses, 
breakers and relays that one could ever really use. Good choice there as 
well.

For my 93 F350, which will be rewired GM style, I'm using a Caddy STS box 
on the inside, and a caddy STS relay box on the outside. I snagged it 
with the wiring that goes between with the connectors on them, and only 
had to replace the distribution circuits that feed accessories and such, 
the link between them is still intact. Makes it that much easier to 
install.

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<DIV>Yes, Now that Im technically out of the mechainc business, I have no pictures(customer cars)&nbsp;to&nbsp; look at on a daily basis, YES the salvage yard is an awesome place to source ideas. Ive been known to just walk around there and find ideas for cute little hiddne fues blocks, interior ideas for gages and accesories, or what ever might come to mind. But those nice big fuse blocks are not for me, I have much to confined space for those. I would have loved to keep the factory Grand Prix underhood relay/fues box, but do to confined space of my grand am, Im hard pressed for space. My coolant bottle goes on the right side of the eng compartmet and the new pcm is taking home where my battery use to go... so space is of the essence... :) If anyone is curious about my conversion look here...</DIV>
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 <BR><BR><B><I>frederic &lt;frederic at midimonkey.com&gt;</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">&gt; Also check out www.waytek.com they have it all too. I bought a fuse box<BR>&gt; for my rig from them.<BR><BR><BR>Waytek is good for wiring, for sure.<BR><BR>The cheapest way to do the fuse box thing is to rip one out of an 80's to <BR>early 90's GM car, and use a small screwdriver underneath to release all <BR>the spades that are in the block, and yank them out with the short wire <BR>tails from your cutting it out.<BR><BR>Then reload it with spades and new wire at whatever length you like. The <BR>advantage of this aside from it being cheap, is the fuse box is labeled <BR>for "Wipers" and "radio" and such, so down the road you can easily <BR>remember what is what. Also, the ignition buss and battery feed buss <BR>already existing, making it even easier to wire up.<BR><BR>I prefer GM boxes, but by no means are you limited. Some of the larger <BR>SUV's from different makers have
 very large fuse boxes with more fuses, <BR>breakers and relays that one could ever really use. Good choice there as <BR>well.<BR><BR>For my 93 F350, which will be rewired GM style, I'm using a Caddy STS box <BR>on the inside, and a caddy STS relay box on the outside. I snagged it <BR>with the wiring that goes between with the connectors on them, and only <BR>had to replace the distribution circuits that feed accessories and such, <BR>the link between them is still intact. Makes it that much easier to <BR>install.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>diy_efi mailing list<BR>diy_efi at diy-efi.org<BR>http://lists.diy-efi.org/mailman/listinfo/diy_efi<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>
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