{"id":1226,"date":"2023-03-07T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T03:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2023-03-12T21:10:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T02:10:16","slug":"not-taking-any-chances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/not-taking-any-chances\/","title":{"rendered":"Not taking any chances&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After finding the ECU yesterday, I made it my mission to get that sucker mounted up before I wind up losing it in plain site again. Best place I could find for it without having to bundle a bunch of wiring harness was over on the driver side firewall where the old factory Duraspark module lived. I also adjusted the driver door striker so it would close better, and laid the wiring out loosely where it will be routed for final connection. Tomorrow, I&#8217;ll finish up the wiring \u2026 See more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230305_165814628.jpg?resize=780%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230305_165814628.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230305_165814628.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230305_165814628.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption>The spot on the firewall I wanted to mount the ECU has a pinch-welded seam sticking up about 3\/8 of an inch, so I made this bracket to straddle the pinch weld. Took about an hour of using the Dremel and my fence as a metal brake to get this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230305_174556065_HDR-rotated.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230305_174556065_HDR-rotated.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230305_174556065_HDR-rotated.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>After dropping and chasing the self-tapping sheet metal screws every time I started to drive them home, I finally got it mounted up. Soon, there will be a &#8216;key power&#8217; fuse block, and a &#8216;constant power&#8217; fuse\/relay block living nearby for the EFI, electric &#8216;lift&#8217; fuel pump, and H4 headlight relay power circuit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I need to figure out what that stray wire is for (probably don&#8217;t need it&#8230;) and plug those holes thru the firewall (don&#8217;t need a hole for the clutch pedal linkage, after all).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After finding the ECU yesterday, I made it my mission to get that sucker mounted up before I wind up losing it in plain site again. Best place I could find for it without having to bundle a bunch of wiring harness was over on the driver side firewall where the old factory Duraspark module [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blather","category-jeep"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1229,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions\/1229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mister4x4.net\/mister4x4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}