2nd Chance Camaro 2.0 - Cleaning Up the AAW Harness
2019 07-02 Update - Cleaning Up the AAW Harness


Okay now it's time for an actually update.

Reposting this pictures JIC we all forgot what the plan was.

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Remove this junction block as it is not needed and it has to go. It's as simple as cutting and joining them back together.

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I separated all of the wire so they all had there own Tech-Flex wrap and also shortened them as needed.

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Don't worry I twisted these together just so i could get the lengths correct.

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Man it sure would be nice if my table was a little bigger.

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Left side is finally separated

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Need to look at the wiring diagram to see where these wire go as the were not wired to anything in the car.

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Yes I have issue and one of them is working in a somewhat clean & organized environment.

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First set of wire wrapped in the Tech Flex loom.

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Over the years I have learned a few things. Twist Ties, Wire Nuts and a good pair of wire strippers make big jobs easier.

I use the twist ties to keep all of the wires together that terminate at a common plug and wire nut keep the harness from flopping around on your work bench while you are soldering.

I pretty sure I have had these blue wire nuts for 30 years.

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So I couldn't find my alligator clip thing for holding the wire so i found a new use for my vise grips.

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I staggered all of the unions so I didn't have all the bulk in the center of the harness.

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Everything is officially joined and resting on the floor.

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On to the fun part joining all of the wires and installing heat shrink on each union.

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Boy would it be nice to be working on a bench instead of the floor.

Need to fix this union.

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Starting to look a little better.

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Hours of work and this is all of the scrap I made

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Calling it a night and plan to wrap it later in the week

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2nd Chance Camaro 2.0 - DEI Sound Deadening
2019 06-25 Update - DEI Sound Deadening

Another, while I am here moment just happened.

Might as well add more sound deadening since the dash is already off.

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It's nice having an Eastwood store 30 minutes from my house. A quick trip an to get some more sound deadening and possible stop at Baskin Robins for an Ice Cream Cone.

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Good thing I save all of the boxes

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Having the right tools helps. Just kidding this is one job that only takes a few tools and it's actually fun to do.

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Here is a quick picture of the Tech Flex Sample kit.

2019 06-25 Tech Flex Kit

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This is the split loom for existing harness's

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I also ordered some Tessa Tape which is perfect of the engine bay wire harness.

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2nd Chance Camaro 2.0 - AAW Tech Flex Wrap

2019 07-03 Update - AAW Tech Flex Wrap

So I have had this little table in my garage for at least year and I decided to pull it out and see if I could use it
in front of my workbench and what do you know it worked perfect.

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okay close to perfect

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Moving on to wrapping the harness with Tech Flex.

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So before I wrapped up the main harness I slid a piece of heat shrink up the main section of the harness to hold it all together.

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A few of the wires are not being used but I wanted to save them and also isolate them from any potential issues so I heat shrink wrapped each cut end.

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Slowly but surely it is starting to look like a finished harness.

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Getting closer

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I also rerouted some of the section so that when I put the harness back in the car it lays exactly where
I would like it to lay.

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so close

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Once again all done for the night and now it's time to go for a ride.

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Wiring terrifies me... I want the clean result but get lost trying to keep up with so many runs in different directions...
Thank you for sharing!!! ....and thank you for the laughs when I was fast scrolling through the pics and saw the wire nuts....:confused59: (because I have actually seen them used in cars before...)

Jeff-

I agree with you that wiring is terrifying and it took me a little bit to jump into this one as I new it was going to be very time consuming.

Wire Nuts - way back in the 80's I can remember people using them on car stereo systems.

In my quest to work on the car I decided that I would have the lower dash bracket powder coated for no reason other then personal because it is not like anyone will ever see it.

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I also picked up some parts for the car from Midwest Hot Rods.

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Since the headers are off and these where cheap I would install these exhaust port covers.

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I need to make a few more holes so they would work.

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and here comes the fun part

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now this is a whole bunch of wires

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The brackets are back from Pro-Tek Powder Coating and they look way to nice.

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Moving on to installing the harness and hope all of my planning pays off.

I plan to run the harness over the top of the steering column and secure it safely to the column mount.

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so far so good

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Picked up some needed parts from the local AutoZone. I used the door edge guard on the edges of the
steering column framework as I felt they could be a wear point for the harness.

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Not sure why I always reverse the adell clamps but I just do and one day I will try to figure it out.

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Okay so one wire needed to get pulled from the wrap and thankfully it was an easy fix.

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Harness is in.

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I even plugged in the cluster to make sure it worked. It did !!!

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Calling it a night once again.

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