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Old 11-24-2022, 04:25 PM   #1
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clean electronics install?

looking to install MSD ignition box and electric fan controller soon . want to be as cleanan install as possible (under dash drop down panel?) what have others done? thanks
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Old 11-24-2022, 04:51 PM   #2
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Re: clean electronics install?

I've never had the need for an MSD setup but would think that unless you have to have airflow over it to cool it under the dash would work.
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Old 11-25-2022, 01:19 AM   #3
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Re: clean electronics install?

I didn't do it but I once saw a guy who had put his fuse panel on a small aluminum "board" he then mounted on full extension drawer slides under the driver seat with a small magnetic latch to secure it. I thought it was ingenious. I wish I'd taken a picture of it.
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Old 11-25-2022, 01:53 AM   #4
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Re: clean electronics install?

I did something similar, a panel with the guts of the wiring slides up into the dash. held up with a couple spring clips
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Be nice if it was a little larger to allow more room to lay out the wiring neater, but if I made it any bigger it would not have fit where I wanted it, which is on the dash side of the cowl vent to avoid any prolonged drips. As it is I can cut a few zip ties and get at every wire and every wire is labelled.

Putting a panel at the back of the cab where the factory tank used to live is tempting, but you are going to have a lot of wires running back and forth to the dash.

Making it slide is a bit of a pain, there is about a 1 inch bundle of wires in a service loop to allow that.
Hinged open would be easier to wire and for future access if you can find a place to do it.

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Old 11-25-2022, 12:09 PM   #5
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do what you want. but whatever you do make sure it wont get wet. MSD boxes are NOT waterproof and will fail if they get wet. Or short out and put 50K voltage back into your wiring harness, it happened to me.
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Old 11-25-2022, 01:35 PM   #6
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Re: clean electronics install?

think i will redo fuse box mounting panel and add room for MSD box as well.
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Old 12-02-2022, 04:52 PM   #7
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i think i am on the right track.i had a bracket made for under dash to mount fusebox,MSD box and mercedes fan controller.
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i think i am on the right track.i had a bracket made for under dash to mount fusebox,MSD box and mercedes fan controller.
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