Oil pan wire clips
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Oil pan wire clips
Would anyone have a picture of where the oil pan wire clip is located on a 68 327 L79. I cannot find any illustration. Ready to paint and forgot to install one on each side. Thanks in advance. Jeff
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Are the clips used (or useful) if you don't have the boomerangs?
I want to re-wire with a new set of under-header wires this time.
The "J-shaped" shields that I bought don't fit well under my headers, so I will likely try to route the wires without them.
Looks like the front 2 plug wires go down to that oil pan clip and then back up through the motor mount? (how do you get the boot through the mount? or do I need to get wires without boots and then cut and splice to length?)
And then what to do on the starter side?
I want to re-wire with a new set of under-header wires this time.
The "J-shaped" shields that I bought don't fit well under my headers, so I will likely try to route the wires without them.
Looks like the front 2 plug wires go down to that oil pan clip and then back up through the motor mount? (how do you get the boot through the mount? or do I need to get wires without boots and then cut and splice to length?)
And then what to do on the starter side?
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Thanks Ralph.
Are the boots difficult to remove and to replace properly?
I know some wire kits come with one end bare and boots separate, in order to cut custom lengths for each wire.
Not sure of the procedure to actually remove and replace.
But that would be the ticket for 1&3 and 2&4 on my '69. I want to keep them away from contacting the headers.
Thanks,
Are the boots difficult to remove and to replace properly?
I know some wire kits come with one end bare and boots separate, in order to cut custom lengths for each wire.
Not sure of the procedure to actually remove and replace.
But that would be the ticket for 1&3 and 2&4 on my '69. I want to keep them away from contacting the headers.
Thanks,
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The only thing I had to do was to slice off the heat-shrink tube from each boot that Moroso had applied.
I think I can do without those, especially on the distributor ends.
So, when I'm done, my wire routing will be similar to the photo that C6 Chevy posted, except without the boomerang shields.
I have the oil pan clip on each side, the long arm 4-slot clip at the back of the block on each side, and then the 2-slot clip above each motor mount for the 1/3 and 2/4 wires to clip into.
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