1966 Coup 4.6 4V Swap updated 3/13/10

[Steven]

It's funny, even in its simplest form, stripped down and all, that harness will be a mess compared to the factory stuff. The entire harness setup for the car originally is as complicated as the basic body harness of the mach 1 lol

[duh09]

It's funny, even in its simplest form, stripped down and all, that harness will be a mess compared to the factory stuff. The entire harness setup for the car originally is as complicated as the basic body harness of the mach 1 lol

Which is why I love my 67.
Classics rock my socks off like theres no tomorow. No frills, all thrills. Electrical fires are totally thrills. haha
But seriously, I love how basic and fundamental classics are.

[Steven]

Yep. It took me no time to solve the dash and full car harness setup in the FB.

[uncltrvlnmatt]

Today I went through the wiring diagrams in the manual that the ex-ford dealer is letting me barrow. it turns out that pretty much everything on this particular harness is needed accept for a couple minor plugs that I can hide. So I am not going to hack it up.

This is the harness that connects the engine harness to the ECU. It has 3 plugs that are under the dash where the computer is. 2 are for the dash harnesses and 1 goes to the rear of the car for the fuel pump. I will use the fuel pump harness and just modify it at the pump end instead of rigging something up to work. Because the dash harness plugs are hidden under the dash board there is no need to cut them out.

The modual in the pic is the CCRM and is needed for the fuel pump and fan and some other items that are needed.

The plug connecter with the bracket and the smaller one next to it are for the engine harness. There is also another engine harness plug on there that is a bit smaller.

Then it has the plugs that connect to to the 2 fuse boxes, a ground plug, a plug for the cooling fan, those are all needed.

The ones I don't need are for the A/C and the headlights/fog lights. We decided not removing the A/C plugs just in case we wanted later on to add the A/C. The headlight/fog light wiring I can just cat back. So this harness will stay pretty much intact.

[Steven]

Can't get much easier then having a donor car. Sucks you couldn't thin it out, but atleast you know you'll have everything you need as it sits.

[Dalamar]

Interesting how your upper arms are triangular.... mine are curved.
I thought you coppied me.... cough  doh, I mean got them from the same place?? 

[Dalamar]

I feel a dose ofyour pain on the wiring.  I just pulled the dash out of the 98, and there was approximately 8 bazillion connections.
Can't wait to figure out what to use, and what to remove on mine!

[uncltrvlnmatt]

Interesting how your upper arms are triangular.... mine are curved.
I thought you coppied me.... cough  doh, I mean got them from the same place?? 

Rod and Custom motorsports, just like yours.

[Dalamar]

That's wierd?
any new pics for us?

u seen my progress of late?  gotta catch up to you ya know!

[uncltrvlnmatt]

I have not had much time the past month or so. I went down to work on it last sunday and ended up doing a 4 wheel brake job on my dad's Mach.

[MustangChris]

keep us posted brotha.

and i have that same book, so if you need to return that one to it's original owner and need to look soemthing up, i can look it up for you, scan it, and e-mail it to you, if you need...


im looking forward to seeing some more pix :-D

[uncltrvlnmatt]

I will be headed down next sunday. I have to do front brakes on my mom's Miata, but next week won't be short on time.

[Dalamar]

your the family brake man eh?!

[Shame302]

Don't know how i missed this build but i love it.

[uncltrvlnmatt]

your the family brake man eh?!

Yip, it sucks but what the hell.

he lets me keep my car in his garage.

[uncltrvlnmatt]

Don't know how i missed this build but i love it.

Thanks, we are having a great time building it.

[uncltrvlnmatt]

I had alot on the agenda today but, my day was cut short. More on that later.

What I did get done was start installing the clutch cable. First I located the spot to drill throught the firewall.


Then I found the right size hole saw and drilled out a hole.


If you look through the hole you will see that the top left portion is covered by the windshield wiper motor bracket and the bottom portion is covered by insulation. I cut away the section of insulation that was covering the hole, and I notched out the bracket with a carbide cutting bit so the clutch cable would not rub on it. I got that all finished, and did a test fit of the cable and everything is good.

At this point I get a phone call from my wife at work. She tells me she was just bit by a dog(she is a dog groomer) and is going to the hospital. So I had to drop what I was doing and leave.
She is o.k. she was bit on the leg and had a couple nasty puncture wounds.

[Dalamar]

Bad Dog!


Short but sweet garage time eh?

[uncltrvlnmatt]

Bad Dog!


Short but sweet garage time eh?

Should have been a 10 hour day. Instead it was 3.

[ram360]

wow, this is coming a long nicely matt.  Haven't been here in awhile. I'll have to stop by sometime and check this car out in person.

[uncltrvlnmatt]

wow, this is coming a long nicely matt.  Haven't been here in awhile. I'll have to stop by sometime and check this car out in person.

Just give me a call, I will let you know when i will be around.

[uncltrvlnmatt]

I finished installing the clutch cable today and started on the throttle cable. The cable is not the problem here it is the pedal. The Mach fuel pedal sits way to close to the floor and the angle is all wrong. I am going to have to make a bracket and lift it off the floor about a inch and a half to get proper clearance. I had to take out the sound deadener to make it fit properly. I will reinstall it when the fuel pedal is installed and the cable is installed.

Also removed the heater box since it is not going to be used, and masked off the intirior so when it warms up we are ready to do the repaint.

[DESERTCOX05]

I finished installing the clutch cable today and started on the throttle cable. The cable is not the problem here it is the pedal. The Mach fuel pedal sits way to close to the floor and the angle is all wrong. I am going to have to make a bracket and lift it off the floor about a inch and a half to get proper clearance. I had to take out the sound deadener to make it fit properly. I will reinstall it when the fuel pedal is installed and the cable is installed.

Also removed the heater box since it is not going to be used, and masked off the intirior so when it warms up we are ready to do the repaint.

Have you looked into Locar for pedal options?

[Duff Daddy]

I finished installing the clutch cable today and started on the throttle cable. The cable is not the problem here it is the pedal. The Mach fuel pedal sits way to close to the floor and the angle is all wrong. I am going to have to make a bracket and lift it off the floor about a inch and a half to get proper clearance. I had to take out the sound deadener to make it fit properly. I will reinstall it when the fuel pedal is installed and the cable is installed.

Also removed the heater box since it is not going to be used, and masked off the intirior so when it warms up we are ready to do the repaint.

make sure it doesnt get caught on your floor mat

[uncltrvlnmatt]

Going to use the Mach1 fuel pedal so they match.


I will watch out for floor mat binding.