Been wiring in my new battery and remote battery system shut off plus significant cleanup of a messy area that has perturbed me for a couple years. Everything works!!!! Horn blows, lights light, sparks jump down the side of the coil, engine cranks.
This is how it looked before last spring's clean up of extraneous wires (can't find a later picture)
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The space saved this year with the mods - the tape and matted carpet show how BIG an area the Optima covered:
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The box will be enlarged up a little for the stereo plus will be covered with some of the same padding and upholstery as the rest of the car - that's still a work in progress