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All the wires, hoses and lines laying around were driving me nuts so I finally sat down the other night and went to work. I stripped the tape off of all the ignition and injector wires and loomed them all together. I tore out those ugly (ridiculous) evap lines and plugged the ends. Lastly, I rerouted a few hoses and replaced others with braided lines.
The only moment of travesty occurred when, I decided to fire it up to make sure there weren't any gremlins lurking around in my work. Much to my surprise, the motor barely idled and died a moment later with a very very loud bang. After double and triple checking every connection, I arrived at the conclusion that I had mistakenly installed the passenger side ignition wires backward. Fired it back up and ran fine. Next time, we're definitely marking which connector is which!
Although I cleaned up a lot of the mess, there's still a lot laying around. Lets see how you've cleaned up yours!
Nice work. So far I've cleaned mine up by closing the hood. I have cleaned up the engine bay on my '70 i.e. Removed heater hoses, rerouted wires, etc. With my '10 I'm almost afraid to touch anything but the dip stick.
Looks great! Love that red paint. You should tear out those evap lines! Put rubber plugs on the firewall connector and right behind the throttle body and shut off the error code and you're all set.
07-25-2014, 04:03 AM
Tidy Engine Bay
