Slowly re-doing the wiring in my Foxbody (1987) Mustang

Posted on the May 12th, 2009 under mustang by John

Over the past few days I have been slowly going over the engine bay looking for wiring problems.  A combo of the heat generated in the engine bay and age of the car resulted in a bunch of wires needing replacement.  I am replacing a few of the key wires completely and repairing others where needed.  I ran a new 4 gauge alternator wire to the starter solenoid (where power is then distributed). The reason I went with a 4 gauge is so if I decide to go with a 3g alternator you need the bigger wire to support the increased amps. I still need to get a fuse before I finish hooking it up.  I was reading that the 3g alternators give you the same amp’s at idle then a stock alternator at 5000 rpm’s, I think that may be my next upgrade.

The old wiring harness, pulled it out so I could get working on cleaning it up and re-routing it.  I had to extend a few wires so I could tuck it into the fender.

IMG_9211

The new alternator wires, I have them nice and high away from the exhaust so they wont fry like the last ones.

IMG_9212

Below is where I still have to clean up wires, however its showing the new 4 gauge wire that needs to be terminated at the solenoid still.

IMG_9213

Similar Posts:

2 Responses to 'Slowly re-doing the wiring in my Foxbody (1987) Mustang'

  1. May 14, 2009 at 7:41 pm
    Darren the phone guy
  2. May 14, 2009 at 8:23 pm
    John Burmeister

Leave a Reply




XHTML::
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>