My own toy thang.....

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

Well it was time to give my rig some luvin and DE-virginlyze my new shop... It had been used and abused for some years and it was time to simplify it and just change it up...

What sparked it was it was time to get rid of the msd--I felt it was giving no real benefit and just simply eating up secondary ignition parts.

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

Once I started pulling it out I found this and man did I catch it in time..

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

Like any of my wire up projects--always have all your ducks in a row and ALWAYS know what your looking... So i always like to have a game plan and that starts with schematics.

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

Step one--get all the crap outa your way..

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

So in a nutshell I am going with push button start and master ignition switch. I am going to toss the factory fuse panel and move all the fused circuits to the passenger side along with relays and such.

Next step--start pulling wire and try to identify circuits for later..

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

I also dove under the hood since when I redid it years ago I retained a bunch of the factory routing. Since i am tossing the factory relays and moving the fuse center I can simplify it.

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

I modified the line lock bracket and added the push start and found a sweet spot for the ignition switch. I also got behind the cluster roughed it.

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

Pulling more wires on the passenger side under the hood and you can't beat a good F crimp tool.....

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

Passenger side behind the glove box wire loom got roughed in and new relay spot found and mounted.

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

You have no idea how good it felt to pop my shops cherry--so much time and effort went into getting the new shop to this point--never felt so good to make such a mess

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

I finally found a happy spot for the new fuse block.

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

I ended up doing more work under the hood than I thought I would. I was planning on not even having to touch the engine portion of the harness but it ended up being in the way of mounting the stock coil back in the stock location. That was fine since I ended up redoing every ground..

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

So I ended up pulling every strand of wire and revamping every circuit. I also pulled all the toy relays and used the same relay for everything. When you are used to domestic vehicles this toy stuff throws ya for a little loop since toyota will toggle the ground side on the switch's (vs toggle the power on most domestics) but it does make using the switch's to control a relay simple and still use a single fused circuit for relay control(I like to keep that principal idea on my wire ups).

But I ended up getting the driver side all finished up.

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

And as ya can see I found a sweet spot for the ignition switch..

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

Time for the new switch panel--again going with simplification plus I have always wanted to use these style of switch's. I also made the panel removable since that hole is the best method for getting into the center of the dash.

But I made them color coded so I can easily remember them (blue for air, green for exterior lights, yellow for dash and red for fan shut down)..

Before I also used the battery light in the dash for the check engine lamp and went with a dedicated lamp in the switch panel.

crash2 · Feb 21, 2015

And the driver side all done..

crash2 · Feb 22, 2015

And the last piece of the puzzle installed..

I also replaced both optima's since they were dead finally after 6 years and ran her hot. I did some hot laps down the road and it truly runs much smoother now.

Jacob · Feb 22, 2015

I've been pulling cable art for 20 years in telco and networking. You sir take it to a new level of art. I appreciate your attention to the task.

crash2 · Feb 24, 2015

Thanks Jacob....

skinny_pedal · Feb 28, 2015

But where's the flex capacitor:eeek:. Looks awesome

My own toy thang.....

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