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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 11:10 AM
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Snakeing plug wires on pass side?

I bought some 10.2 MM wires (pre-fit) & the drivers side is a no brainer, but the pass side is a bitch, where do they snake through? I ended up cutting my old ones in half to pull them out, am i going to have problems running these 10 MMs through the factory route?
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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try and route them between the alt and head...i have 8.5s, and it wasnt too hard, but 10 may be tricky....zip ties are your best friend at this point...
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 11:34 AM
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Loosen the power steering pump bolts..there's 2 or 3 of them and you can access them thru the holes in the front of the pulley...10mm.
Don't remove them completely, just loosen so that the pump will slide forward about 1/4" and that will give you plent of room to snake them down there.
Then I fabricated this little bracket that is held in by a single bolt above the tensioner to make sure the wires don't get caught up in the pulleys since the 10m wires don't fit in the holders very well.
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 11:35 AM
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This is a picture of the stock location with the alt and ps pump removed, which you should remove anyway as it makes running the wires much easier.

http://shbox.com/1/accy_brkt.jpg
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 01:24 PM
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Thanks, great info, i'll try the PS loosening trick first, if that don't work, guess i'll have to remove it.
Old Apr 7, 2008 | 03:09 PM
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I agree, pulling the power steering pump forward is a great help. The zip ties will be of benefit in keeping the wires away from the rotating accessory pulleys.
Old Apr 8, 2008 | 09:39 PM
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If you are using the stock location, there is a space between the bracket and the block just above the ac that you can run the wires through and they would be out of the way of the pulley.

I ran mine through there and it worked out great.
Old Apr 9, 2008 | 12:08 AM
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When I ran mine I took the PS pump completely loose so I would have enough room but my headers left me more freedom after getting past the PS.
Old Apr 9, 2008 | 07:25 AM
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Yeah, i loosened the PS pump, looks like an easy access right through now, of coarse i took the factory plastic lume out that sits in there.
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