Greg in PA build

[greg]

I'm really stumped on how to wire the flasher switch. Just like the fog switch, there is +, -, C, NO and NC.

This is the 2000 miata flasher diagram.



Wiring the + and NO will light the switch up when pressed.

...but what the heck do i do with the rest? Is this switch not going to work for me?

[greg]

Brain stormed a bunch of ideas yesterday for setting this up and all of them involved adding relays. Decided to hunt down another stock flasher switch instead. Will be 20x easier to wire in plus it will illuminate with the parking lights unlike the switch I have now.

[snowbird1]

My only thought is to rewire for the NA flasher unit, on that one the hazard switch just provides a ground to operate the 4-ways.

[greg]

Been getting messages asking for updates. I haven't given up. Just progress doesn't really look like progress.

Here's various pics of the wire harness progress. Still have to test everything before wrapping it up but I'm almost there. Here's some various pics showing the progression to current.

Fuse box is mounted in the stock location. All relays have been moved to the wiring tray. The AC fan and Fog relays have these nice rubber covers so they are mounted to the under side of the tray as they should stay well protected. Interior fuse box is mounted to the brake pedal assembly. Looks OEM.





The drivers side of the harness is completely gone. Only the brake fluid sensor and wide band pass thru that side of the firewall.

The passenger side harness now comes over the radiator to feed power to the fans and driver side lights. You can also see all the ground locations in this set of photos.














Scary huh?

[greg]

Yesterday I took a break from wiring and got the driver seat reinstalled along with the harnesses and the APR wing from Exomotive.

There's an issue with my seats in that they just rest on the outer seatbelt mounts. I may have to raise the seats 1" to clear this. Not a big deal. I got plenty of head room to spare.




If I move the seat anymore towards the tunnel it'll rub the ebrake cable.




This is the Exocet specific wing from Exomotive. Took about 3 weeks to make and get delivered. The only thing I had to do to make it fit was drill out the mounts (the brackets that come from APR that attach the wing to the Exocet mounts) was drill out the holes to 3/8 so I could use the hardware that came with.

Taylor are you reading this? Might be something to report to APR. Other than this minor issue, everything for great.

[lhintze]

Lookin' good!!

[Exoteric]

Huh, that's a first. The hardware may have just been mixed up from the sound of it, but we'll check it out!

Glad to see you were still able to make it work, the build is looking great!

[greg]

Apr 1, 2015 15:17:51 GMT Exoteric said:

Huh, that's a first. The hardware may have just been mixed up from the sound of it, but we'll check it out!

Glad to see you were still able to make it work, the build is looking great!

i could have gone out and got smaller bolts too but something under the kinds of forces the wing will see seemed necessary to have the larger hardware.

[steadfast]

I love that spoiler.

[greg]

Battery installed. Nothing all that different than what everyone else does except I added a large ground strap to attach the frame to the negative terminal.

Rubber colored covers for the terminals. Idea stollen from Steadfast.



Tray mounts to the panel using riv-nuts and stainless screws.





Goal tomorrow is to put the passenger seat back in along with the seat belts and side panels.

This weekend the focus is going to switch to the DD miata as it needs new brakes, soft top and thermostat. Probably change the oil too.

[einy]

Jeeprers, Greg ... I cannot say "thank you" enough for all the wiring pics that you are posting. This is REALLY going to help me out when I get to that point in my build! Sort of thinking I need to send beer your way as 'payment'!

John

[gwnwar]

I would add a second ground strap to the rear of the PPF same as OEM setup. It insures a good ground to the starter and alternator..You could just drill and tap a new hole/spot on top of PPF for it..

[greg]

Apr 2, 2015 17:18:14 GMT gwnwar said:

I would add a second ground strap to the rear of the PPF same as OEM setup. It insures a good ground to the starter and alternator..You could just drill and tap a new hole/spot on top of PPF for it..

That's still there. All I did was cut 2' of cable off between that spot and the stock battery terminal. That ground bolt is also coated in dielectric grease.

[gwnwar]

OK so you cut 2' off from PPF ground bolt aft to and including the cable neg. clamp end and ground lug about 8" fwd. from neg terminal.. Question is if there is a ground cable running from the battery neg. to the PPF unit now..

[greg]

Yes there is.

The segment that had the stock Neg terminal and body ground has been cut off. The next part of that cable is the PPF attachment.

Now it goes from the new negative terminal to the PPF. The braided clamp you see is from the battery directly to the chassis.

I'll snap a pic later. Easier to show than to explain.