Looks like I have some updating to do.
Here's a picture of the ignition wires, most of the way through the previous owner's patch (twisting the wires together and wrapping with electrical tape). They are now soldered and double heat shrinked.:
Next to it is my custom stock glow plug setup (dashlight wire (bl/w) not hooked up yet).
The stock glowplug relay is used to trigger a Ford starter relay which is a little more durable. The ford relay is also setup to be triggered by a manual push button so I can keep them on as long as I want.
Hagar once mentioned how crazy it is to run these heavy wires through the firewall and into the passenger compartment, just to hook them up to a relay and send them back out into the engine bay... and of course that got me trying to do it right while installing glow plug wires on this car.
With this setup I came off the battery and went right to the stock glowplug fuse holder (need to find the cover), then to the Ford starter relay. Never enter went through the firewall with the big wires.
OK, now some pics of the engine install. Most of you know I'm a shade tree mechanic. I don't have much of a garage but even if I did I'd rather hook the car up to the "pullin' tree" when it's time to put an engine in.
Not trying to show off my special tools. I didn't post this so you'd be all be very envious of me and my "pullin' tree" but I'm sure that you are. It's so much easier than using an engine hoist; Roll the car back and block the rear wheels, then lift the front of the car with the come-along until it's high enough to remove the tire blocks and the car rolls forward over the engine.
As the body is being lowered, it's real easy to swing the car from side to side or back and forth until it sits right down where it is supposed to. Then hook up the engine and lift it into place. . All I can say is don't hate me because I have the perfect 'pullin' tree".
For those jealose haters in the crowd, this is what the front struts looked like:
That should turn the hate right into pity.
Only to be turned back into jealose rage when you see my custom instrument cluster:
It has an extra LED installed next to the yellow glow plug light that tells me when the glow plugs are actually getting 12V and another light that I haven't decided what to do with yet.... any suggestions what I can do with that light would be appreciated (for some of you this might be a good time to practice a little self control
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I did a little coloring for ya... The brown wires are grounds, the extra glowplug wire has a set resistance but the brightness of the extra light will be adjustable.
I'm installing a tach in place of the clock.
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Why not weld all doors closed and just use the windows like Beau and Luke? 
