MC engine swap minutia

[Kneale Brownson]

Electric motor repair shops use self-adhesive numerals to identify wires 
going to different windings in the motor.  Maybe some of those and a list: 
1A goes.....2A goes.  You could cover those with clear tape to protect them.


At 02:24 PM 12/13/2000 -0700, Ken Keith wrote:

>Please bear with me as I hash out some of the more simple issues
>regarding an MC conversion into my 4ksq.
>
>What should I use to label the wiring harness and items?  I picture
>masking tape with magic marker writing on it, getting all thrashed
>and greasy so that it is illegible.  (I imagine this swap will take at
>least a month, working at a pace comfortable to me)  How about
>some clear shipping tape wrapped around the written-on masking
>tape?  What have others done for labelling?
>
>Should I try to locate the ECU in the same location as stock, at
>the passenger footwell are?  Is there a better place?
>
>Oh wow, I just remembered I should probably get a hold of a
>vacuum canister, to accumulate vacuum for the brakes.  Maybe
>later, I'll have the hole machined into the head for the vacuum
>pump, just to be extra safe.  Where is a good place for vacuum
>canisters, Summit?  Can I use the stock vacuum canisters that I
>remember my Coupe GT had in the fender, with the three joined
>globes?  If going that route, I would probably have to fashion my
>own check valve?
>
>This is exciting stuff.  It will be nice to have this project be at the
>stage that it is one car getting fixed up and stuff bought for it.  It
>would be easier to justify buying whatever items are the capstones
>(does that make sense, correct use of the term?) for an almost
>finished car, than justify accumulating yet another separate piece
>of hardware that is for this grand project that isn't yet started.
>
>That's all I can think of at the moment.  There will likely be more
>later.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Ken
>