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  When
we added the air cleaner to the engine compartment, we noticed right away
that the power steering reservoir would have to find another home. We
fabbed up a small bracket to keep the air cleaner just above the stock
jack mount on the drivers side inner fender well. There was just enough
room to mount the breather without it getting crushed by the hood. |
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  The
wiring harness and accelerator cable came next. If you are a stickler for
neat installations then here is where you can really shine. We found that
the new wiring harness could be held along the firewall with zip ties so
it would blend in with the stock unit. You just have to pay close
attention to leave plenty of 'play' in the cabling so that when the engine
moves it will not get torn out. The picture on the right shows the routing
of the accelerator cable and the new location of the PS fluid reservoir.
It is on a bracket we fabbed to bolt right on the engine block. There
wasn't anywhere else to put it. (After testing and then thrashing we found
that the vibration of the engine had no ill effects on the system. |
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  Here
you can see where the new harness is attached along the firewall and then
run into the rubber grommet behind the battery. This takes it down to the
area where we mounted the new computer. |
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| Plugging and splicing in all the
wires for the computers didn't take very long. When everything was plugged
in, we noted how much play we had in the wires and installed the
components where they would be least likely to get kicked or damaged. As a
matter of fact, you can only see them if you lay your head on the seat.
The picture in the lower right shows how hidden they are.
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  This
fuel injected engine went into a, 87 Samurai, so an electric fuel pump
came in the installation kit. The trick to this installation is all in the
mounting... if you don't use the insulation provided, or you tighten it up
too much it will be veeeery noisy. We also added a bit of old hose and zip
ties to protect the fuel line from scuffing where it came close to the
emergency brake cable. |
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  Overall,
this was a fairly simple installation. All the hard stuff (wiring mostly)
is done for you in the kit. You just have to add the muscle and a little
attention to detail when setting everything into place. There are a few
other kits out there, but most don't include the wiring harness setup like
this one. One last thing, You have to send your gauge cluster back to
trail tough so they can make a small electronic change* so that your speedometer
will talk to the new ECM (computer).
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