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Old 01-21-2017, 01:07 AM
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I see you resisted my attempts to get you to buy fancy connectors
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Haha, this one is going in the dash. No need for deutsch connectors.

My megasquirt all needs new wiring. But not now. I want this car driving again.

Next winter will be rewiring the entire engine and ECU. Hailey is good at wiring and organization and helps a ton. My organization goes to **** when she is gone lol.
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Originally Posted by aidandj
A lot of the car is nasty wiring. I've slowly learned as I go. Now everything I do is TXL wire, uninsulated butt crimps and pinned connectors. I don't even use pigtails anymore. I buy the proper connector.
If you're not already, I highly recommend documenting every wiring harness you make in an Excel spreadsheet. Make it about a zillion times easier to go back in and add stuff later.

I've got a ton of the Molex .093 and .062 connectors in my glove box wiring, enough so that I've actually run out of connector shapes and started using mini-fits as well. I try not to reuse any shapes, that makes plugging stuff in idiot-proof.

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Something like this?



I also got this off amazon. Label all wires that aren't in a spreadsheet.

https://www.amazon.com/Wire-Label-Di.../dp/B000BSLQD6
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Originally Posted by codrus
If you're not already, I highly recommend documenting every wiring harness you make in an Excel spreadsheet. Make it about a zillion times easier to go back in and add stuff later.
So you are trying tell me my 7 year old Wachovia paper work packet envelope is not a proper place to jot down my custom wiring harness notes?

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Disgusting...
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Originally Posted by aidandj
Disgusting...
I mean I still have it after 7 years and it is still mildly relevant to the wiring in my car.
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Originally Posted by shuiend
So you are trying tell me my 7 year old Wachovia paper work packet envelope is not a proper place to jot down my custom wiring harness notes?


Oh, that's fine and still works when your idiot droid or whatever phone sheeahts the bed.
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Old 01-21-2017, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by aidandj
$250 for the CUT-50. I'll let you know how it goes.
Did you buy it from the guys we said to buy from in the plasma cutter thread?

Also, we're like doing the same **** on our builds right now, its funny. I've got the ms3p like 80% wired.
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Nope. My dad got it off amazon.

Amazon is worth it for the return policy and customer service imo.
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But not all Cut50s are the same. My first one had that super shitty torch, but we know the seller thats recomended on here sells the pimp torch.
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Been waiting for this for a while. And its epic. I'm so happy I got it

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I promptly ignored all the megasquirt setup instructions and set it up using user defined channels. I will do a writeup on this in the near future. The standard megasquirt dash broadcasting doesn't transmit everything I want it to.



I will hopefully get it mounted and wired tomorrow and will take more videos and have more explanations.
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Very cool. Glad to hear you're happy with it!
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**** yeah! Cats!
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And then there was that time when Aidan's car was in Road and Track...
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Ahhh yeah. Fireballs.
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