good work so far mate :D
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good work so far mate :D
If your going to go to so much bother hideing the loom etc, then you'll need some nice paint ;)
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Originally Posted by krobinson
lol :D
The inside and engine bay will be nice fresh paint, definately.
Got a few hours in today.
Started by tacking in the corsa servo base plate. I've been meaning to do this for ages! While I was there I drilled the whole for the car loom to pass through.
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So that then nicely led on to the wiring!!
I'd previously stripped the loom and labelled everything up. I wanted to move the main grommit back down towards the fuse box so I seperated the 2 strands (engine bay & rear of car) as far back as they would go which was up to where the indicator wires were all joined up.
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There is only one wire (in my loom) that was stopping them being seperated which was the wire that goes from the reverse switch in the gearbox to the rear lights so I cut this, lengthened it and ran it back down the fusebox end and back down the other strand.
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I then pulled the main power cable back through the loom. This is good news because there's plenty of length there to run to a battery pretty much anywhere in the car.
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Placed into the car you've got the strand that goes to the dash instruments, a strand for the rear of the car, the power cable and the strand going through to the engine bay.
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Once in the engine bay I seperated the plugs for the Brake MC, Wiper Motor, Heater & Washer bottle. I'm also going to have to run the wire along the scuttle area for the other side indicator. There's another strand for the starter, alternator & oil pressure swith. The other strand is obviously for the lights which will run under the wings and back in again.
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It doesn't look like anything needs lengthening, just shortening which is always easier and neater and think how much weight I'm saving! lol Other than the wire for the reverse light all I've had to cut so far is 2 earths which will just need a ring terminal and screwed to the chassis elsewhere
Tidy wiring there, considering re-doing mine now seeing that. You keeping the bulkhead?
Love how low it's sat on the turbo wheels :cool: Top marks for tubbing the rear too.
Cheers Ash.
Wiring has been a doddle so far. As said, only cut 3 wires to get this far and everything will plug in as it is but I obviously want it tidier. You've just got to take your time stripping it all back and labelling everthing up because you will forget! lol
The bulkhead is staying and I'll be fitting a black scuttle panel with 2 holes for the brake reservoir and washer bottle.
Slammed is the only way frward on loons or the just look daft!
That was my problem, I ripped the loom out the old red one and didn't lable a thing. Jump forward 18 months to when I re-fitted it to the grey old and you can see my problem lol
lol