quagmire, I gotta say I'm impressed... Well thought out, well executed... When I first started reading I wondered why you went batch fire but that got remedied quickly... I like what you've done but honestly the thing I like most is your solution to the bulkhead connectors... I've done a few upgrades in that area but never as nice as what you've done... I've seen some scary messes in that location when guys go to universal harnesses... You've given everyone a blueprint of the right way to handle that problem...... BTW those Bussman configurable electrical centers are nice...
Thank you! The huge grommet I had to deal with early on when I went to a universal harness was enough to make me want a true sealed bulkhead. I'm spoiled from working around modern OEM vehicles. A grommet makes it impossible to remove the harness without cutting it in half (not fun when you consider the amount of wires I have passing through), and it doesn't lend itself to very good water sealing either. The Ampseal connectors are submersible and quite cheap, and they have a very high pin density for the amount of space they consume.
I'm actually going to add another PDM and tuck it under the battery tray to clean up the clutter of headlight, fan, and starter Bosch relays and another fuse block that is open to the elements on the driver side fender area. I have Metripack 150 and 280 connectors on pigtails to make it a plug and play deal should I have to pull a harness or modify it. And it's substantially smaller and more compact than the outgoing hardware; the box will hide perfectly on the frame rail under the tray.
Over the winter I added an amber warning and check engine light (with an engine pic and all) so I can begin tuning fail safes. I'm going to utilize the AFR safety system, oil pressure, and fuel pressure functions to protect the engine if anything goes awry. The amount of functions available in the MS3 software is amazing, to the point where it is almost overwhelming at times. I love the tunability though.
