Ginger the 83 wagon

[tougeagle]

I just got that center console from vangremlin and that too is the lighter honey color like yours....whats the chances!!..Ya know Tough seeing as how I plan on repainting Ginger eventually ill swap you my D/S fender so you could have a matching car...Maybe when I get all my conversion parts together and Im ready for some wiring help we could do a quick switch-a-roo....Ill even throw an 86' wagon and some ca$h in to sweeten the pot  ...It does run threw a battery in it today....needs an alternator though.

Any of you guys need a hood? there was a 5.00 cor charge on the fender and hood...The hood is perfect thats on ginger...I just wanted a power bulge...Id rather see it go to someone who could use it rather than get thrown in the scrap pile at the pull-n-pay....for 5 bucks I think Ill hang on to it till someone wants it.

I'm totally down for that... with my current construction job it would be easy to take time off (not from this particular site though) and come over there and help out I'm really looking forward to getting yours set up, I'm going to make the wiring as neat as absolutely possible, to set an example for myself of what my car should look like under the hood

I have a primered pb hood sitting in my storage closet waiting for me to have enough time and money to get some rattlecanage and sandpaper.

[shanebo]

I got painting equipment at my place here. Seeing as how we got the same color car Ican get a can of olympic white to spray Ginger. there is always excess paint and its pretty much trash if ya dont use it all...Maybe when I get all my parts together and im all ready for assembally I could shoot that hood for ya....Ill swap ya gingers D/S fender for your brown one since Ill be painting the whole car any way....that way we can both have uniform colored cars.

Or even better yet I can sand, primer and shoot the power bulge hood I got now and when we do meet up you can bring your p/b hood down and we'll just swap hoods and fenders......thanks for all the help Tough!!

shane

[tougeagle]

I got painting equipment at my place here. Seeing as how we got the same color car Ican get a can of olympic white to spray Ginger. there is always excess paint and its pretty much trash if ya dont use it all...Maybe when I get all my parts together and im all ready for assembally I could shoot that hood for ya....Ill swap ya gingers D/S fender for your brown one since Ill be painting the whole car any way....that way we can both have uniform colored cars.

Or even better yet I can sand, primer and shoot the power bulge hood I got now and when we do meet up you can bring your p/b hood down and we'll just swap hoods and fenders......thanks for all the help Tough!!

shane

you are very good at making sure I am not short of reasons to come over

[shanebo]

Hey, Its a couple hour drive on top of the hours it will take to hook everythin up. I want it to be well worth your while..

[tougeagle]

that's a heck of an offer too, I do appreciate that I had it in the back of my mind for a long time that I need to set time aside, but I had a different job that wasn't exactly easy to work around. Now though, I may even do it after this project if I don't have any work lined up for a few days, though that will depend on how much longer I'm down here in Lamar.

[shanebo]

Well me and Maddog finally got to meet up at the best junk yard around. Love that place!! I finally got my mitts on the spirit grill Ive been wanting and Maddog got his sway bar....We went to another junkyard on the other end of town and I found a 94 Cherokee that I was able to rob the computer out of. I started to get the wire harness but I broke several of the tabs on the connectors to the fuel injectors and I conveniently forgot my list from Tougeagle of what I needed and what to cut. ....I chickened out about going any further with that harness as I didnt want to cause further damage to it....It was a little chewed up any way...I may just get a new wire harness from Mopar. All in all though a really cool day. Here is Maddogs rides....I had to snap a picture....It was awesome to get to see Eagle eyes...that thing runs really good!! I also got to meet Survivor. Its so cool to be able to meet up with other nest members and check out their rides.

[maddog]

thanks for the compliments on my girls shanebo oh and you can now refer to me as lobster man for a few days as i got a really good sunburn today but i had a lot of fun so it was worth it.

[shanebo]

Im a bit red myself...Us Scottish people dont deal well with hours in the sun too well...I will be called Scales once this burn starts peeling....LOL....thanx for meeting up with me today I had a blast...have to do it again soon!

note to self:

BRING SUNSCREEN

[maddog]

note to self:

BRING SUNSCREEN

i totally agree we should meet up again sometime soon. and though i do burn in a few days i'll go from being red to tan. sometimes it's good to be native american even if i am part irish.

[shanebo]

At work today my manager asked me if I was drinking cuz my face was all red.....I used to drink alot back in the day and the red face was always a dead give away....My boss thought i tied one on last night...LOL...I told him I was part hunting in pueblo with no sun screen....I had the grill in the back seat of my truck to prove it too!!

[philotomy]

Shanebo I thought I'd post a pic of my computer for reference,seems like a match.

hope that helps.I could take more pix of the wiring if needed

[maddog]

my coworkers and boss kept smacking my shoulders and back. talk about a wake up call.

[shanebo]

Hey Toug, there were 2 sets of wires going into the firewall...up on  top toward the center of the firewall...and the lower one tht goes to the interior fuse box...can I cut both of those?

[tougeagle]

If you're talkng about the wires going into the firewall plug, yes, you can. Any wire that leads to any sensor in the engine bay and that is attached to somethign on the engine must be left intact, save for a few things, please bear with me XD. The ABS sensors, brake system sensors (proportioning valve, etc), airbag sensor, power steering, a/c (I'm MOSTLY sure your Eagle harness will still run the A/C), alternator wiring (unless you wish to reduce the number of "swap codes" that will be present in your engine computer permanently,  by using a computer controlled 4.0 alt), fan sensors/relay (another swap code).  You can rewire for VSS, fuel pump etc quite easily, and those are the ones cut that lead outside of the engine bay. Make sure you don't forget the oxygen sensor connector (grab the 02 as well, in case it does actually work. Most yards will sell sensors like that for super cheap) and crank sensor/connector. That one is tricky, but best tackled from under the vehicle. Pay attention to the backup light connector as well, though that also depends on what tranny you're going to go with. If you have an intake manifold and throttlebody available, pull those too, they're surprisingly hard to find sometimes. Make sure all threaded holes in the intake manifold have a sensor or vacuum fitting inserted..

Philotomy, your eagle is EFI too? I'd love to see some pics of your setup

[shanebo]

can you delete codes in the ECM...such as the air bag sensor. so its not trippin out