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    The harness ends up like this. jammed up against the sharp edge. This is not good for reliability. Im not trying to overcomplicate things, just trying to make things reliable and the simple fact is, I cant mount it with any of the factory do-dads without it being jammed up on that sharp edge

    (not my photo)

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    • KaiserRollsK
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      #449

      snap said:

      The harness ends up like this. jammed up against the sharp edge. This is not good for reliability. Im not trying to overcomplicate things, just trying to make things reliable and the simple fact is, I cant mount it with any of the factory do-dads without it being jammed up on that sharp edge
      (not my photo)
      picture.php?albumid=1604&pictureid=11036

      I always mounted mine with the connector 180° of what the photo shows

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        #450

        Theres not enough length for me to do that either.

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        • KaiserRollsK
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          KaiserRolls
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          snap said:

          Theres not enough length for me to do that either. 

          Pull harder

          !

          In all seriousness, that’s odd. Or maybe mine is odd

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            I did give 'er a tug but everything seemed to be happy with the idea of not budging.

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            • KaiserRollsK
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              snap said:

              I did give 'er a tug but everything seemed to be happy with the idea of not budging. 

              Better to make new brackets than ending up with a fistful of wires not attached to anything anymore lol

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              • GunMetalGreyG
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                Is it an E34 harness or E36? 
                E34 harnesses are shorter and usually just barely sneak into the glove box. 
                E36 harnesses are longer and have slack to more easily maneuver in the glove box.

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                  Good to know. I am not sure what harness this is. It came from Sir Leadballius IV, which was fitted by the previous owner of his car. Probably an E34 harness though.

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                    Last night I pulled the car out into the street with the open headers disrupting suburbia. There were 2 ~10 year old boys walking down the road and they watched me pull the car out with some sort of curiosity and fear on their face as if my next move was going to be a full throttle charge right at them. Being less of a psychopath than that, I simply turned the car around and pulled it back in the driveway for some coolant bleeding. I didn't scrape my skid plate or exhaust on my driveway entry which is very surprising. The two boys then walked over after i shut the car off and said "HEY, NICE CAR!" .  Lesson of the day:  Loud=Nice. 

                     I let the engine idle for 15 minutes or so and it got up to operating temperature for the first time to bleed the cooling system and top off the fluids. Everything is looking good so far and it has a rock solid idle. The lifters were a little noisy compared to the other times I have ran the car so perhaps they will pump up all the way once I start driving and build some more oil pressure and be nice and quiet again, regardless even if they don't, its still less racket than a certain previous engine I owned with solid lifters.

                    The fuel is very old and unfortunately I have a pretty full tank of it to burn through so once the exhaust is finished I will need to resist the urge to accelerate hard until I can get some fresh fuel in there since im sure the old gas wont jive well with the 93 octane tune.

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                    • KaiserRollsK
                      KaiserRollsK
                      KaiserRolls
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                      #457

                      snap said:

                      Last night I pulled the car out into the street with the open headers disrupting suburbia. There were 2 ~10 year old boys walking down the road and they watched me pull the car out with some sort of curiosity and fear on their face as if my next move was going to be a full throttle charge right at them. Being less of a psychopath than that, I simply turned the car around and pulled it back in the driveway for some coolant bleeding. I didn't scrape my skid plate or exhaust on my driveway entry which is very surprising. The two boys then walked over after i shut the car off and said "HEY, NICE CAR!" .  Lesson of the day:  Loud=Nice. 
                       I let the engine idle for 15 minutes or so and it got up to operating temperature for the first time to bleed the cooling system and top off the fluids. Everything is looking good so far and it has a rock solid idle. The lifters were a little noisy compared to the other times I have ran the car so perhaps they will pump up all the way once I start driving and build some more oil pressure and be nice and quiet again, regardless even if they don't, its still less racket than a certain previous engine I owned with solid lifters.
                      The fuel is very old and unfortunately I have a pretty full tank of it to burn through so once the exhaust is finished I will need to resist the urge to accelerate hard until I can get some fresh fuel in there since im sure the old gas wont jive well with the 93 octane tune.
                       
                       

                      If you hold 3k idle for 2-3mins the lifters should bleed. If not. Rinse and repeat

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                        If I hold 3k idle for 2-3mins my neighbors ears will bleed.

                        jk

                        the exhaust cant go on soon enough though.

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                        • KaiserRollsK
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                          snap said:

                          If I hold 3k idle for 2-3mins my neighbors ears will bleed.
                          jk
                           
                          the exhaust cant go on soon enough though.

                          Lol

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                            KaiserRolls said:

                            If you hold 3k idle for 2-3mins the lifters should bleed. If not. Rinse and repeat

                            Agreed had to do it last year and this year also had some ticking the other day when I started it.

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                              For the harness you could take some heater hose, slice it open, and wrap it around the loom and zip tie it closed.

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                              • straight6pwrS
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                                bfh to that 'sharp edge'

                                Dan
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                                  I just ordered a dash cover, we shall see how this turns out 

                                  https://www.covercraft.com/us/en/product/suedemat-custom-dash-cover.DMS

                                  DashMat SuedeMat® Custom Dash Cover - SuedeMat Custom Dash Cover

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                                  • KaiserRollsK
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                                    snap said:

                                    I just ordered a dash cover, we shall see how this turns out 
                                    https://www.covercraft.com/us/en/product/suedemat-custom-dash-cover.DMS
                                    suedemat-custom-dash-coverdmssmokemain1.jpg

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                                        An S52 is just an M52 with fat cylinder walls.

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                                        • KaiserRollsK
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                                          snap said:

                                          An S52 is just an M52 with fat cylinder walls.

                                          That’s backwards

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