The MI SSK "Not a Big 'Car Guy'" Review

[jpmck03]

Thanks for the help, guys!

Originally Posted by Black_griffin6

Not trying to sound like an arse, but I would highly advise not putting your battery on the ground, because it looks to me like you have it on the ground.

Odd... from what I understood, that was an old wives (husbands?!) tale. Regardless, it's up on the shelf in the garage, so no worries either way. I just had it there for illustrative purposes. That and I didn't want to stub my toe on it while walking around the garage...

Originally Posted by Black_griffin6

And btw, you don't need to remove the battery tray to do it.
I just undid the wire that is held onto the silver bracket, then removed the shifter cable bracket. The little thing that holds the wire to the wire bracket just unclips so you can get the wire out of the way.

Interesting. So you are saying that you took the bracket out with the wiring bracket still attached to it? If not, it still might be worth a try. You know, take out both, then take out the wiring bracket where you have plenty of access to it. Then you could just attach it to the MI bracket and pop that back in... Hopefully we're on the same page, if not, maybe the way I see it in my head will work. (I hope we're on the same page, just to make it easier on my end. )

Originally Posted by BEEF

on the plastic pieces, there are little tabs that you push down that will free them from the metal tabs. if you look at the metal piece, the opposite end is where the plastic tab that you push down.

please realize that my description is pretty horrible but think kind of like taking a wiring harness apart. there has to be a tab pushed down in order to remove it. it locks it into place.

I hope this makes some sort of sense. when you take the first one lose, the rest will make more sense.

Nah, I get what you are saying. They're like the wiring harness for the stereo. You have to use the tab on it to release the wires from the plastic tip, or in this case to release the clip from the battery tray bracket. And I just realized that I gave a horrible description of the same thing. I don't think that there is an easy way to describe it, but I got it.

Originally Posted by BEEF

good luck and your pics are awesome. I like how you outlined the parts with color.

Thanks, one of my pet peeves is seeing a picture of something, but as a novice, not having a clue what's what. Some guys know the inside of an engine bay like the back of their hand, but to me... it looks like a jumbled mess of metal, plastic, cables, pipes, hoses, etc. I figured it's a lot easier to see what the hell someone is talking about if you see it highlighted in a photo. Also, it's a little easier to figure out how you are oriented when you can see that "oh, hey, there's that red shift cable, that orange thing is to the right of it!"

And don't worry everyone, I'm sure that I'll be throwing together a pretty decent DIY once I get this thing figured out, pulled apart and put back together again!