TomoHawk

Of all the ammeters I've seen (all domestic ones) the shunts were attached to the terminals on the back of the ammeter. They were just strips of metal. they could conceivably be anywhere on the ammeter circuit.

He's right. the shunt is a really heavy-duty resistor of a value that using the equation V=I * R, or I=V/R, where you know V=12 volts, and the shunt is (so many ohms), the ammeter shows you the Amps flowing from the battery. I've seen people make shunts from combinations of resistors(both prallel & series). You're best off getting the right part from a good source.

No Zs in Ohio either, except the ones that get trucked in. Most AUTO PARTS people don't even know what a Datsun is!:devious: :devious:

Maybe it was 26th that was working on a Maxima O/D swap... I'm definitely going to do the swap on my car so I can to to the Daytona Nationals in Oct., but I just have to decide to do it either before it snows, or in the spring. That plus finding a place that will do "custom work" which most trans shops don't like to do- they just want the fast & easy jobs.

Thanks, man. I knew there was a simple way to do it. Either grommets, or a plastic dip.

Lots of places sell them. eBay is lousy with them. The idea for the metal ones is to have wire holders that don't break easily.

that's only if the insulation is cut or the spark gets out on it's own. So you just add a plasticized insulator to the metal holder. I see metal wire holder on just about all the muscle cars & hotods, but I don't think they're just bare metal.

Can you explain what you mean by that? IMO, the wire holder nees to be stiff enough to hold the wires from slipping or cpoming off once you squeeze it in, and stiff enough not to flex or droop, and so you can attach (bolt) it to a bracket. The plastic ones meet those criteria, and so I think some metal ones can do just as good.I would still keep the smaller 3-groove holders for the floating parts.

I've seen metal spark plug wire holders on many vintage cars, and since I've broken every holder I have at least once, I started thinking about making a set of aluminum ones. The old holders would be used for the pattern, and they would probably have to be bolted to the brackets on the valve cover. Maybe a dip into Plastikote to make it look a little like the plastic holders? thx

Well, there's 'art' and there's some people's desire to satisfy the hormones, and there's a desire to just be different. Everybody see's those things in a different way, and hopefully, the outcome is something positive. It's just that each kind of thing belongs in a different place. Sometimes I get the feeling that ricers are trying to push theit lifestyle onto the rest of society. Those old rodders probably are doing things much in the same way as the ricers. Only time will tell if it was a good thing or bad. My take is that the rodders helped develop what is now modern cars & competition/sportscars. Personally, 'art' isn't so bad a thing, like those old rat-rods or bikes, that are covered with junk, just to look unique. I'd still rather look at & travel in a rusty old 40's ford truck, than a blinged-out rice. The old truck has what I call character.

Maybe the kids could put all the energy, $$$ and hormones into developing a truly non-polluting, totally-electric car. I mean developing a power source & motor that'll get your car down the road while dripping water all over.

So, as per a recent request (Gary), I think I'll call this issue pretty much closed.

I'd say it's just another example of how parents don't care about their kids enough to show or share with them real standards of quality or life. Instead, they just let the kids fend for themselves, and while the kids aren't off trying to get into trouble, they invented the ricer style as a way to show of ftheir hormones. These kids end up reverting int otheir animal selves, and you see what happens: BIG-ger, LOUD-er, MORE of whatever they think will get them to the lead-dog position.No respect for what they DO have, or what he designers intended the machine to be. thx

Are you just selling the back end of the car?

Wright. I'll head out to the so-called pick-a-part, and see what I can find there.

Yeah, I hate those clips...., I had a problem a ouple weeks ago with the engine idling at 1500 ALL THE TIME, so when I hunted the problem down, I found that the connector was off the Aux. Air valve.:devious:

My favorite peeve is when people post a URL or Internet link and don't give a hint or description as to where it goes or what you will find there. It's like wriiting a phone number on a piece of empty paper and handing it to somebody.

Do your injector connectors have the rubber boot & quick-release button on them?

Do your injector connectors have the rubber boot & quick-release button on them?

So since my springs are oem, I could correct the ride height of the car with a new set of springs? I'd like to lower the car just a little as well as level it off.

According to the article, each connector was $12, and you need about 8 or so. Maybe soldering for you is easy, but I would expect to spend an hour easy on each connector, and some time to inspect & redo anything else on the injector harness. and that's if the copper wire strands inside are good enough to solder to. That's why I'd go for a newer or assembled harness. With all that extra wire I have coiled up for each injector connector, I would consider cutting the wire to length first and crimping on new terminals like in the article

Just spending some free time looking for a way to not spend $100+ on connectors, and several weeks soldering & crimping.

That's what my research is indicating. I'm going with a 328i model from around 82-90. Also considering other BMWs from 3 series to 5 series with 6-cyl engines.. Maybe those will be compatible, and 'new-looking.' IMO, modern injectors are all weird. Maybe they hve each their own Fuel-molecule-alignment magnets or ECUs inside... thx

I looked up the specs on BMWs, and they are still using inline 6-cylinder engines (L6 engines) with f.i. That might be a source of a complete injector harness (just really expensive.) I'm not sure if the connectors are compatible. From the pictures I saw on eBay, it doesn't look so. Need to keep looking. Isthere a name for the connector style we need?

My tires are 205/70S14