Any how to hide the wires under the Plastic Engine Cover??
Well, for now, until I actually splice and extend, I'll try to please the eager:
1. Unclip everything that branches off from the left two injectors on. This will consist of two injector plugs, one plug going just under the left front side of the valve cover, one plug going into the power steering pump, and the last plug that normally drapes over the valve cover to plug in on the back left side of the valve cover.
2. Tuck all five of these plugs through the gap between the fuel rail and the intake manifold right in the middle of the four injectors.
3. Send the two valve cover plugs (cam position sensors? don't actually go INTO the valve cover but just below it on all four corners) and one power steering pump plug back through inbetween fuel rail and intake manifold inbetween the left two injectors.
4. Take all three of these plugs and send them down between the left-most intake runners on the intake manifold.
5. Fish these plugs through the left side of the intake manifold and guide them past the power steering pump. The one that needs to be extended will no longer reach so you should've had the wires and tools ready to extend at this point.
6. Guide the two injector plugs through the same way between fuel rail and intake manifold and plug them back in. The one with the zip tied clip and the white paint marker marking goes in the far left side injector.
7. Connect in the power steering pump plug.
8. The plug that goes into the head (cam position sensor or something?) needs to be zip-tied to keep it clear of the belt that runs just to the left, so plug it in and zip tie it close, but don't put too much tension on the wires to keep them in the plug.
9. Extend these two wires approx. 10" or whatever it takes for your specific routing to get this last plug to its intended connection.
10. After extending, you may need to zip tie this extension in somewhere to keep it closer to the head so it doesn't stray towards the belt. Wrap it in something that's going to be safe with the heat. I'm not at this point so the pointers stop here, but I'll make a separate thread and delete this one when I'm done.
11. Get some lotion if your hands are ashy like mine from cold, dry garage and cleaning your hands too often.
1. Unclip everything that branches off from the left two injectors on. This will consist of two injector plugs, one plug going just under the left front side of the valve cover, one plug going into the power steering pump, and the last plug that normally drapes over the valve cover to plug in on the back left side of the valve cover.
2. Tuck all five of these plugs through the gap between the fuel rail and the intake manifold right in the middle of the four injectors.
3. Send the two valve cover plugs (cam position sensors? don't actually go INTO the valve cover but just below it on all four corners) and one power steering pump plug back through inbetween fuel rail and intake manifold inbetween the left two injectors.
4. Take all three of these plugs and send them down between the left-most intake runners on the intake manifold.
5. Fish these plugs through the left side of the intake manifold and guide them past the power steering pump. The one that needs to be extended will no longer reach so you should've had the wires and tools ready to extend at this point.
6. Guide the two injector plugs through the same way between fuel rail and intake manifold and plug them back in. The one with the zip tied clip and the white paint marker marking goes in the far left side injector.
7. Connect in the power steering pump plug.
8. The plug that goes into the head (cam position sensor or something?) needs to be zip-tied to keep it clear of the belt that runs just to the left, so plug it in and zip tie it close, but don't put too much tension on the wires to keep them in the plug.
9. Extend these two wires approx. 10" or whatever it takes for your specific routing to get this last plug to its intended connection.
10. After extending, you may need to zip tie this extension in somewhere to keep it closer to the head so it doesn't stray towards the belt. Wrap it in something that's going to be safe with the heat. I'm not at this point so the pointers stop here, but I'll make a separate thread and delete this one when I'm done.
11. Get some lotion if your hands are ashy like mine from cold, dry garage and cleaning your hands too often.
Last edited by Frankiago; Feb 23, 2010 at 09:59 PM.
^I've been considering sourcing the parts and making a ton of these.
The problem is getting the appropriate male and female plugs, I'd have to cut mine off and pull the sensor and send both to a big distributor of automotive plugs to find a match... don't know if I want to take the risk and deal with the down time... and buying a new wiring harness for this just won't make it on my list of priorities.
The problem is getting the appropriate male and female plugs, I'd have to cut mine off and pull the sensor and send both to a big distributor of automotive plugs to find a match... don't know if I want to take the risk and deal with the down time... and buying a new wiring harness for this just won't make it on my list of priorities.
^I've been considering sourcing the parts and making a ton of these.
The problem is getting the appropriate male and female plugs, I'd have to cut mine off and pull the sensor and send both to a big distributor of automotive plugs to find a match... don't know if I want to take the risk and deal with the down time... and buying a new wiring harness for this just won't make it on my list of priorities.
The problem is getting the appropriate male and female plugs, I'd have to cut mine off and pull the sensor and send both to a big distributor of automotive plugs to find a match... don't know if I want to take the risk and deal with the down time... and buying a new wiring harness for this just won't make it on my list of priorities.
Ok I've tried sourcing out the plugs to make plug-n-play kits to sell to you peoples who don't want to cut into factory wiring at all, but I failed big time. It's not a very common plug, it's made by Summitomo and you're more than welcome to take my idea and run with it. I'm not gonna do it anymore.
That said, I'm going to use 18 gauge black wire and 18 gauge red wire to make my extension. To match factory wiring you need 20 gauge PINK wire and 22 gauge black wire. 18 gauge will work just fine for both though!
I will take pictures when I extend the wires and then I will create a whole new thread for the how-to.
Edit: a general rule of thumb for most wire is that an 18-20 gauge wire will add .01015 ohm/ft, and since this will take 1 foot or less of extension, you're only adding .01 ohms so don't even worry about added resistance.
That said, I'm going to use 18 gauge black wire and 18 gauge red wire to make my extension. To match factory wiring you need 20 gauge PINK wire and 22 gauge black wire. 18 gauge will work just fine for both though!
I will take pictures when I extend the wires and then I will create a whole new thread for the how-to.
Edit: a general rule of thumb for most wire is that an 18-20 gauge wire will add .01015 ohm/ft, and since this will take 1 foot or less of extension, you're only adding .01 ohms so don't even worry about added resistance.
Last edited by Frankiago; Mar 22, 2010 at 12:19 AM.
Ah cool, no problems buddy pal friend guy.
I see you went around instead of under, did you try going under first? It was a major PITA for me so I can understand if frustration got the best of ya. Looks a whole lot better/cleaner than the wire harness sprawled out over the valve cover!
I see you went around instead of under, did you try going under first? It was a major PITA for me so I can understand if frustration got the best of ya. Looks a whole lot better/cleaner than the wire harness sprawled out over the valve cover!
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