Thru the firewall connectors...

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Anyone ever seen a Weather pack one with more than 22 pins?

http://theelectricaldepot.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_52&products_id=1403

Been looking around and can not seem to locate one with than that. If/when I get around to finishing our Dart I am going to need to pass more than 22 wires thru the firewall....There is close to that on the trans controller I have alone...
I'd ask Andrew (Blue Missile). I know he is running some in his Duster and he has almost as many electronics in his car as an F16 fighter jet. He posted a link to them in his thread. I'll try and see if I can dig it up as that thread is quite long

EDIT: He used Cir connectors. Here's a good example of them.
http://www.hubelectronics.co.uk/pro...-circular/milc-d38999-standard-circular-range

He has some pics on this page of his thread
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=48363&page=39

he crammed 34 in on the same connector so maybe they will suit your needs. I know you are looking for a weatherpack, but I figured I would come back and edit this post and not leave ya hanging
 
I'd ask Andrew (Blue Missile). I know he is running some in his Duster and he has almost as many electronics in his car as an F16 fighter jet. He posted a link to them in his thread. I'll try and see if I can dig it up as that thread is quite long

EDIT: He used Cir connectors. Here's a good example of them.
http://www.hubelectronics.co.uk/pro...-circular/milc-d38999-standard-circular-range

He has some pics on this page of his thread
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=48363&page=39

he crammed 34 in on the same connector so maybe they will suit your needs. I know you are looking for a weatherpack, but I figured I would come back and edit this post and not leave ya hanging

Thank you Sir. I knew someone on here had a thread going about cramming a whole bunch of electronics into an a-body, just could not remember who it was. Don't necessarily need weather packs to get thru the firewall, just figured it would be convenient seeing as how that is what I will be using everywhere else.

I have been searching for "canon plugs", that is what someone told me they were called. Have not looked in a while but I seem to remember every place I looked I was going to need to finance our property to buy a male/female set of plugs....
 
Thank you Sir. I knew someone on here had a thread going about cramming a whole bunch of electronics into an a-body, just could not remember who it was. Don't necessarily need weather packs to get thru the firewall, just figured it would be convenient seeing as how that is what I will be using everywhere else.

I have been searching for "canon plugs", that is what someone told me they were called. Have not looked in a while but I seem to remember every place I looked I was going to need to finance our property to buy a male/female set of plugs....
Not a problem. I asked Andrew a while back on a source for those Cir connectors he used. I can't remember how much they were though off the top of my head. its been a good while. IIRC is was like in the realm of $27
 
Not a problem. I asked Andrew a while back on a source for those Cir connectors he used. I can't remember how much they were though off the top of my head. its been a good while. IIRC is was like in the realm of $27

I do remember pming back & forth with Andrew on his source for them...but like every other pm/email that I have saved for one reason or another I can not find it. Need to go down and talk to a neighbor, Tony. He owns/runs a small aircraft repair business at a local airpark...when I visited him one a while back at his shop I spied somethings I may be able to use...
 
An Amphenol type plug might be the best option. We use them at work. They aren't cheap. The type 67Dart273 shows we term "clickie-lock". They are the latest/greatest. I recall buying a few 53-pin ones some years ago for ~$100 ea. You would do better to search for surplus ones on ebay, especially for the older 1/4-turn or multi-turn ones. I have had clue-less managers order us to dump boxes of new Amphenols still in the package in the dumpster during clean-ups for CEO visits. We did so, but went out later and recovered them ($20K worth). I am sure some government facilities sell them cheap as surplus on the pallet, thus they show up on ebay.

Another question is why you need a bulkhead connector. I expect the factory used them to speed assembly. Most cars no longer used them after they changed to fuel injection and the number of wires went way up. I know when I have stripped 80-90's GM trucks (for HEI & such), the harness runs straight thru the firewall, with just one big grommet.
 
An Amphenol type plug might be the best option. We use them at work. They aren't cheap. The type 67Dart273 shows we term "clickie-lock". They are the latest/greatest. I recall buying a few 53-pin ones some years ago for ~$100 ea. You would do better to search for surplus ones on ebay, especially for the older 1/4-turn or multi-turn ones. I have had clue-less managers order us to dump boxes of new Amphenols still in the package in the dumpster during clean-ups for CEO visits. We did so, but went out later and recovered them ($20K worth). I am sure some government facilities sell them cheap as surplus on the pallet, thus they show up on ebay.

Another question is why you need a bulkhead connector. I expect the factory used them to speed assembly. Most cars no longer used them after they changed to fuel injection and the number of wires went way up. I know when I have stripped 80-90's GM trucks (for HEI & such), the harness runs straight thru the firewall, with just one big grommet.
Thanks for reminding me of this. I have a half dozen or so of the Ford grommets from several EEC harness's that I messed with over the years, just need to find them. I have an a-body fuel tank grommet that I am looking at that might work as well. Was just thinking I might be able to keep things neater with plugs...but then again I have learned over the years that the more connections you have the more likely a gremlin is apt to appear.

Does not surprise me about being told to toss them into a dumpster. I lived near a Shimano warehouse/repair center in NJ. Around the 15th of every month they must have done inventory or something as there dumpster was over flowing with brand new Shimano fishing reels. Had a buddy that was a fisherman, he would always go digging to find ones he did not have...
 
brown & miller racing solution are the people you need to talk to there in concord N,C I have there address & # if you need it. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE HARNESSES FOR NASCAR BUT THERE REASONABLE!
 
brown & miller racing solution are the people you need to talk to there in concord N,C I have there address & # if you need it. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE HARNESSES FOR NASCAR BUT THERE REASONABLE!

If you could get me there contact info that would be great....Thanks....
 
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