Finished with the engine compartment so I am back to the wiring. Made some good progress the last couple of days. Firewall wiring is completed with the final addition of the 150 amp inline fuse for the alternator charge wire. I was originally going to put this in the cockpit but I could find a location that was realistically accessible. I finally realized it made the most sense to put it on the firewall. All this wiring looks like a lot a spaghetti mostly because there is a lot going on in a very limited area. I'm pretty happy with how it all turned out now that it's finished.

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With that wrapped up I got back in the driver's seat for the interior wiring. I think I am only a day or so away from wrapping this up but I need to actually finish my dash upholstery. Since my dash is one piece, I need to terminate a lot of switch wiring in the correct locations and to do this will require the dash mocked up in place. I have been practicing with my sewing machine but haven't developed the level of confidence I would like to stitch my Alcantara but I may have to roll regardless as this is a roadblock. I do have everything layed out and planned but to keep wiring to decent lengths it almost has to be done in place. Here is where it all stands right now. I also still have a couple of question marks in my mind on a couple of items:


  • I have been unsuccessful in finding a toggle switch which acts as a rotary switch for my temperature control. I thought I might be able to find one where the toggle lever would move a pivoting linear slide to duplicate the effect but if such a thing exists out there I can't find it. I don't really want to hide the temperature control so I may end up simply having a cold, warm and hot toggle. More to come on this.
  • I am still looking for specialized toggles to replace the Dakota Digital cruise control switches. They are severely lacking in style points. They do have some logic built into them so any replacement has to be able to do the same. Since most OEMs these days are steering wheel or stalk controls a drop in option has been difficult to obtain. I may end up using them with the idea of replacing down the road but not sure as yet.


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And for a little comic relief, this is the floor outside the passenger side of the car where I have been pitching all my offcuts and such. I thought it was indicative of how much work goes into these. I like to use zip ties as temporary, sacrificial clamps while I do things like this so that is a lot of what you see:

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