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Time to start chop'n up the car. 

This stud in the passenger footwell is what they use to connect the power run to, no grommet. Both sides has a stud that the wire boots on to. Thought that was wierd. But figure thats a good spot to cut my holes.

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triple safety lol using jack and two stands 

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Removed the wheel well cover to access the other side of the stud.

 

 

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Heres the other end of that stud.

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Removed and secured out of the way, but not removing the wire completly off the car. Didnt wanna deal with the wire harness/bundle it has in the engine compartment.

Isnt it wierd they cut that big hold for the stud, so big it could fit the whole wire through, but instead they use a stud to connect? Lol

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Found the flatest spot with enough space to fit the grommets so theyre flush against metal on the outside. Hole saw worked good.

 

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Protecting from corrosion with some touchup paint. 

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Time to get that alternator out. This shit was a PAIN. The bolt on the bottom that is also connected to a metal bracket was a bitch to get off. Mostly because i didnt have the right length ratchet. I have one that was too short and my breaker bar was too long. So i took my short ratchet and stuck a large long socket over the handle lol and then added a lil extension bar into the socket and it became the perfect length. C8D11AA3-8C07-4623-A8A7-7C2E47BE9574.thumb.jpeg.93d63e3857a66eaa7424a27f296c780e.jpeg

After i got the two bottom bolts off it was time to get the top bolt. Unplugged and moved any wire plugs that would get in the way and since im pulling the Alt out of the top im removing the radiator hose. Had to drain the radiator first......

TIP!!! DONT NOT USE A SOCKET WRENCH TO TURN THE DRAIN VALVE TOO FAR, THE PLUG WILL POP RIGHT OFF AND U MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PLUG IT BACK IN TILL ITS FULLY DRAINED......I ENDED UP SOAKED IN PINK FLUID UNDER MY CAR TRYING TO NOT GET THIS SHIT ALL OVER MY DRIVEWAY. IF I HAD A BIG DRAIN PAN IT WOULDVE BEEN OK, I WAS JUST USING A BIG SODA BOTTLE WITH THE LIL DRAIN HOSE TIP STUCK RIGHT INTO THE BOTTLE SO NONE WOULD SPILL AND I WAS ONLY GOING TO DRAIN SOME SO I CAN REMOVE THE TOP HOSE. LOL FAIL!

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Out with the old.................

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In with the new !!!!! Mechman 240 is IN! 

 

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Gotta get to work, ill post up more chop'n on my break. There were some issues with "how" i was going to run the wire safely in the wheelwell area. 

Oh heres a shot of the grommets in and wire ran through them also.6AD5F7BB-F63F-4A49-BC88-172250D99CA7.thumb.jpeg.477c55f698d2102c26e5459cf4f62e14.jpeg

this is how it stayed for a couple days till i figured out how im going to mount this big ass wire out of the way. Pics coming later today.

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My first idea was to use some hose clamps, and use my rivet tool to put rivets in the top portion of the wheel well, in this lil frame channel section that looked like it had space. Then i was going to but a bolt through the hose clamps strap and secure the cable like that with several hose clamps along the length. After i put the loom over both wires, it was now too large to fit in that channel and had a risk of maybe hitting the tire on a road bump. Also that wouldve had the hose clamp bolt on the bottom which was even more risk. 6AC1BE8E-97BD-4C0C-9CAB-EF7DE9EE85CB.thumb.jpeg.f4c030d920a0ce3eb84a4591046507b3.jpeg

So after some time looking at where else i could go with it, i had an idea. Instead of going under that channel, why not just cut a large hole at one end of the channel and push the wire through and cut another large hole at the other end  and that way it'll be completly out of the way. 

I was hesitant to cut that part, it looks like a part of the frame, but i went for it. Used a unibit/step drill bit to make a hole and test if the wire would even go to the other end, i couldnt see from the exterior if that channel went were i needed it to go. After testing my extra 4/0, it worked perfect. Just have to cut out a hole big enough to fit both 4/0 wires with the lugs already on and techflexed. After some tries with the unibit, hole saw and oscillating multitool i got it to work, but i broke three bits using the hole saw, it would bite and twist sideways and bend bits and break bits.

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Heres the hack job holes i made lol using a unibit to make a large enough hole for the multi tool blade to get a good enough angle to cut the metal at an angle. Then i used touchup paint after sanding down the edges. Then used damppro to protect the wires from cutting on the metal edge. 

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Hole near footwell

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hole to engine compartment

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Fender well back on as they were. It was a lil difficult getting the push pins back in near the foot well because the 4/0 was slightly against the well liner. But with some finess i got it all back in except the front ones which are one time use so i couldnt reinstall them, ill be buying some tho. Then put wheel back on and its perfect! I was stoked how it turned out. 

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