“They support various cable cross-sections and offer suitable seals for every cable thickness to prevent the ingress of water or dust,” according to the component distributor. “They are capable of ...

It seems that I am finally reaping what I sowed after investing in a 2010 Volkswagen (VW) GTI two years ago. Most other people would put the money in some stock account or in a retirement fund, but ...

Even from the very earliest days of the automobile age, cars and trucks have been hybrids of mechanical and electrical design. For every piston sliding up and down in a cylinder, there’s a spark plug ...

It starts as a smell. The unmistakable odor of burning insulation. Shortly thereafter a wisp of smoke curls out from under the dash. Then comes the similarly unmistakable pop of a fuse blowing. At ...

The nervous system of a car is the wiring that snakes its way through the chassis, delivering electrical signals to different systems and control modules. This mass of wires needs to be reliable, ...

In our last installment on Scarlett, our ’72 coupe project car, we routed all the engine wiring through a single circular connector on the firewall in preparation for integrating the LS3 wiring and ...

If you've been following our online Web diary, you've likely seen several weeks of diary entries where we mentioned various sections of the wiring portion of our project. Wiring can be a daunting task ...