quote Originally posted by Will:

Am I missing something here? Looks like the belt is going to intersect itself at the idler!

Here's an older photo including the tensioner:

In the photo you quoted, I was showing my snazzy adapted ARP crank bolt

quote Originally posted by Will: Accessory drive with belt. I hope it clears the battery tray. Closeup of the bracket... All I really did was move the tensioner and the idler... and the top alternator mount a little bit

[This message has been edited by Will (edited 05-30-2022).]

Any updates?

I've been working on the wire list and bill of materials formulas in the wire list spreadsheet.

I was on work travel for the first half of June, then fighting off and recovering from Covid pretty much the whole month of July, then on a Navy Reserve exercise for the first two weeks of August.
Haven't made a lot of movement.

I challenged myself to build a spreadsheet that would automatically generate a BOM from the wire list. I've been solving the coding related to that, but I'm getting pretty close.
I have the wire list data complete enough to order connectors. That was the hard part, since the same connector body is used on more than one reference designator.
Generating the list of terminals is pretty easy, because it's just counting how many times a given terminal PN occurs in the wire list.

I'm also planning to generate a list of wire color codes and gauges... I'll probably have to tweak striped vs. non-striped color codes in order to not end up with small quantities of a lot of different wire types on my BOM.

Making progress and I think I have all the code techniques I needed to understand figured out. I'll share the wire list sheet once I get it done.

I made a lot of good progress on the wire list yesterday... I ran out of time for the day, but I'm to the point at which I can start filling in prices and vendor links for connectors, connector accessories (TPA/"Secondary Lock", caps, lids, latches, Shorting Plugs, etc.--things that go according to the quantity of a given connector I use in the harness), terminals and terminal accessories (a convenient category that lets me use the same column as connector accessories... it's really just cable seals for terminals used in sealed connectors). I need to filter the list of terminals a little bit to be sure I'm not using one of one gauge of terminal when everything else is a different gauge... or if I am, there's a good reason.

I have more ground to cover on the wires. I can use the same spreadsheet magic to sort out unique combos of color and gauge, then count the instances of those unique combos. I'm sure I'll do a good bit of filtering here, as GM throws in a lot of striped wire that I don't really need. I will probably adjust the color codes on a circuit-by-circuit basis to make sure that I'm not ordering an entire spool of a particular combo for one circuit that's 14 inches long.

When the Great Wall was being built, a Chinese general contracted with an engineer to build one of the fortresses. The engineer designed the fortress, calculated how many bricks it would need, then placed an order for that many bricks. The general asked if the engineer should order a few more bricks, just to be safe. The engineer ordered one more brick. To this day, that brick sits on a table in the fortress.

That's my goal in this exercise... place ONE order with exactly what I need to build the harness from scratch to the maximum extent feasible.
However, that applies to the connectors, terminals and wire. I already expect that I will build and route the harness, THEN add up all the DR-25 that I'll need to dress it.

My stretch goal is to do all this well enough and plan out the system checks--like verifying fuel pump and relay function--that the engine starts and runs first crank.

[This message has been edited by Will (edited 09-06-2022).]

Any update on your build Will?

Lol... I wish. It's been a heavy summer & autumn.
In June I was in LA for two weeks for work, causing problems for Elon at SpaceX.
In July I had Covid and didn't have my voice back for pretty much the whole month
In August I was on Navy orders for 2 weeks
In September I was back in LA, causing more problems
In October I was going through the process of changing jobs
In November I was on Navy orders for another 2.5 weeks.
All the while trying to make progress on my kitchen remodel

Fortunately I have my final board for my big Navy qualification next week (I hope the Skipper's calendar holds for that) so that should free up time and head space to get back to the Northstar.

I have been able to steal a couple of full days to work on my spreadsheet of wire lists and harness bill of materials, which is almost complete. I learned a bunch of new spreadsheet-fu figuring out how to do that.

Anyway... I'm pretty sure I can get back to The Mule in January. I need to finish up my spreadsheet and order all the connector parts and wiring materials.

And if anyone reading this has insight into *THIS* topic, please let me know: https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/100304.html

quote Originally posted by Will: From this thread: https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/128029.html

quote Originally posted by phonedawgz: http://i386.photobucket.com.../fieroX/IMG_2009.jpg

quote Originally posted by phonedawgz: Only this part of the connector was made. To purchase contact FieroX. I have some also but I would have to charge more than he sells them for, so you might as well go directly to the source. They are lacking the secondary terminal retention fork, but you can use your old one. Same thing for the missing back cover. Use dielectric grease instead of the goo that was in the old ones. ----- He also has some new C203s

quote Originally posted by Will: I've tried using contact info on the forum and what I can find on Google to contact PhoneDawgz and FieroX with no success. Does anyone know these individuals IRL or have current contact information so I could pursue obtaining a C500 connector body or two or three?

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Phonedawgz website has his phone #.

RedDevilRiver.com

quote Originally posted by fieroguru: Phonedawgz website has his phone #. RedDevilRiver.com

I've emailed at the email address on that site, which is common to his profile here. It had slipped my mind that he has a phone number there. I guess that's next.

The tach board looks interesting, if it's actually available.

I reached out to FieroX, I'll see if I can get his contact info to you.

quote Originally posted by fieroguru: Phonedawgz website has his phone #. RedDevilRiver.com

I called the number on his site on January 3rd, got his voicemail which said he returns calls within 24-48 hours. Left a message with my information, hadn't heard back.