cutting and rejoining a loom
basically ive ballsed up. after welding my rear doors shut i realised my loom for the rear lights had to run through the door and rear arch. BUT the only way i can do this is to remove the bit the door locked on and this only leaves a hole about 14mm in diameter. so i either struggle and cut and hack up the hole or i cut the loom in half and rejoin it. whats the best way to do this?
would it be cut it, the resolder the wires and heat wrap them?
why not get a hole saw and make the 14mm hole bigger??
or just cut them bud
Solder and heat shrink is what I would do if there no way to re route it. Theres not that many wires anyways
Fook it, it's only lights,
Cut and rejoin, if you have the luxury of another loom then there no hassle really, oh and where do you stand on the whole, solder or not to solder debate ? I say splice, twist, heat shrink, not solder.
success is only limited by a weak mind
you know scotchloks are perfect for this sort of thing.....
Inline crimp joins... dont solder the sodding thing!
STU. i've noticed that recently the tide of opinion has turned away from the solder. is this cos of the new style thin strand crappy cables that are about now?
i only ask cos i have never had any bother with soldering up the old style large strand cables.
thinner/lighter/higher current capable cables (modern if you like) suffer more when the solder wicks up the inside of the cable/insulation and causes a sharp stress point which with vibration can cause a snap.
I solder some parts of harnesses at work when we 'have' to but thats left with a massive amount of slack and we know it will be changed/replaced within 3 months anyway. Crimping is king, cold weld
Most car bar lucar type thingys are effing terrible quality though.....
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