Day: October 30, 2022

Cut-To-Fit is now Cut-To-Fit

Got the Accel ‘cut-to-fit’ wires actually cut-to-fit today. With all of the black, gray, aluminum, and chrome bits under there, I decided I needed splash of yellow. My old technique on how to make the wires got updated today, as just the second wire into it after ‘just’ 45 minutes – I was having to redo the wires because in our hurry a few weeks back, we opted to just tip ’em and get it running… so, first had to take ’em apart, remove the wires from the boots and tips, straighten out the tips, then cut to length, crimp the tip back down, and reinsert into the boot… for each wire. I decided to see if pulling the contact out of the boot through the wire-end would work any better… and it did… and because of where I was holding it, I managed to slice open my thumb – is WD40 anti-bacterial, by any chance (LOL!!). After taking care of that, the ‘new’ technique went pretty quickly – got the rest of them done in about 40 minutes. Routed, silicon greased, and stuck ’em on… loving it!

I love how it almost looks like a computer ribbon cable. Bummer #8 had to pass-under to the other side of the distributor, though.
Almost too short to get the ribbon cable effect, but still nice and tidy. I love how the wires on the distributor were able to run off in the right direction to their respective spark plugs without too much hassle – the benefits of having the bigger HEI dizzy, I guess.
Still trying to find a home for the starter solenoid. Since my fenders fold open, I can’t put it back to the factory location without having to either unbolt it or unhook the cables in order to open up the fender (like I always do at car shows). I’m thinking that nice black spot on the engine mount will do nicely.