OK. I've been staring at the whole battery/power distribution factory setup
on my 87 turbo S and I have to say it's the definition of kludge.
Most modern cars run the power distribution from the battery, outside the
engine compartment, travel inside the fender and come into the passenger
compartment. Our cars? Ha. A mishmash of wires, all taped, inferior
components. There is a harness that combines positive wires and negative
wires together(!) Combine that with a woefully inadequate battery hold down
system will allow movement in this harness. There have been a few
listmembers that have had catastrophic meltdowns in this area.
The cars left the factory with this problem.
An idea I've had for solving this problem? Relocate the windshield washer
reservoir!
Why is there a monstrous 1 1/2 gallon on the wrong side of the engine
compartment?! How many of your windshield washers work WELL? Mine sure
doesn't. The tube is bundled WITH THE WIRING HARNESS, goes across and
behind the engine and then traverses back to the outlets. I'm thinking of
two areas. One is in front of the stock air cleaner. The downside to this
is that the available space is of an irregular size and the second is that
the tubing will have to snake around the shock tower. My next thought is to
mount a reservoir under the vent cowl! This will allow the squirters to
have a near direct access to the reserve fluid. The custom reservoir will
be an awkward size and smaller, but I've seen some outrageous and ingenious
stock reservoir solutions. Anybody know how to make or who makes custom
tanks like this?
Any better ideas?
My thinking is that the stock washer fluid reservoir has to go. Freeing up
this space will allow for a robust and safe fused power distribution block
as well as a space to mount the battery more securely. Although this whole
mess I'm undertaking sounds like a bunch of fritter, it's rooted in safety
and reliability. I loath the unfused power distribution.
Looking forward to hearing what you all think.
K o l l
87 S 5 sp
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