She won't let me drive!

[pokey64]

Spent all day yesterday doing yard work and did not get out to work on the car. I made it out there today while our son was napping.

The fried wire was originally pink and was bundled with a white wire that was labeled as a ground. The pink was too destroyed to see any wording. I started tracing their path and pulling them loose. They were taped together with most of the main wiring harness. One bundle went to the starter, another that went to the electrical bulkhead and the others were all of the gauge senders. Getting at wires between the bell housing and firewall is a PITA. My hands had to contort in in ways they never have before. Some of the electrical taped was soft and slimey. I’m not sure if that’s from heat or from the fuel leak. It was quite the mess.

Here’s some of the carnage.


Here’s the 2 larger wires/terminals I found them connected to. The white was labeled ground and the pink said it was an ignition feed. Thankfully the car has an AAW setup and I could reference a diagram. These appear to be what hooked up to an old distributer. That must have been a while ago since they’re not used with my current Fast or the MSD Pro Billet that came on the car. These 2 connectors were placed right next to each other in a ball of electrical tape with no insulation between them. If the other ends hadn’t shorted out then these might have later anways.



Should be able to get these cleaned up and make up the new fuel line next time I’m in the garage.

[pokey64]

Had a little more time this evening so I started cleaning up the wiring. Got a couple of the runs done. Still need to handle the gauge sender wires.

Capped off the larger white and pink wires. They appear “ok” so I decided to leave them in the area in case I ever need them.


I’m replacing the electrical tape with DEI heat sleeves and locking it in place with heat shrink.

[tones2SS]

Much better Ed.
Kind of like a blessing in disguise, huh?

[pokey64]

Originally Posted by tones2SS

Much better Ed.
Kind of like a blessing in disguise, huh?

Yeah, I'm glad to find the issues before anything crazy happened.

[pokey64]

Woke up early and got out to the garage by 6am. I wanted to get some work done while everyone was sleeping and before it got hot outside. 90+ temps with humidity make the garage no fun..

Wrapped up the wiring cleanup project and got the new fuel line made up. I sleeved it with a piece of DEI Fire Sleeve. That combined with getting the wires secured should be a major safety improvement. I also went back over all of the AN connections and loosened/re-tightened them 3-4 times as Greg suggested.


I threw on a Holley fuel pressure transducer while I was at it.


As previously promised, here are a few better quality engine bay pics.

[Richio1]

I like the black MSD bock looks much better.

Doing a great job in the wiring. Looks better and will be safer.

Keep it up.

[Vegas69]

Looks great Ed. My only constructive criticism is the upper radiator hose. I don't think it fits the car.

[pokey64]

Originally Posted by Richio1

I like the black MSD bock looks much better.

Doing a great job in the wiring. Looks better and will be safer.

Keep it up.

Thanks Jeff. Repainting the box was real easy. The kitchen appliance enamel I used is holding up well.

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Looks great Ed. My only constructive criticism is the upper radiator hose. I don't think it fits the car.

Thanks Todd. I got out voted on that one.

[WicKeD_SS]

Looking VERY nice! would love to EFI my BBC one day! Nice Pics

[pokey64]

My wife asked me the kind of question a guy just can’t say no to! Do you wanna come home and……………… take the Camaro out?!

We were blessed with an amazing 45 degree December day. I really thought the nice weather days were gone till spring. Forecast for later in the week is in single digit lows and nothing above freezing in the foreseeable future…

When she first texted me this afternoon I was about to make a parts delivery to one of our jobsites and didn’t have anyone else to make the run. She said the car didn’t fire at first so I ran home to check it out. Really thought the cruise wasn’t gonna happen since this was the first drive since I redid the wiring and replaced the fuel line. Thankfully it fired right up for me. I watched it for a bit while it warmed up. All systems looked good so gave Beth the green light to head out while I made the delivery. When I got back to the office she stopped by to pick me and we went for a nice cruise in the country and around town. Made a couple “spirited” pulls and had a some fun as well. Definitely a great way to spend a nice afternoon with my wife!

Still have a project punch list to wrap up this winter but thankfully nothing that will stop us from driving it next year.

Here’s to a short winter! Spring can’t come soon enough!


Snapped a quick pic when she pulled up to our office.