11-12-2014, 04:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-12-2014, 04:13 PM by dieselgeek.)
The loom goes into the car via the scuttle using the standard 306 stuff. I had to cut a hole in the body to fit the connection in. With it living in the scuttle I was worried about water ingress into the electrics and generally into the car, so I sealed it then glued bicycle inner tube around it which gives a nice watertight rubber area, then it has a 'roof' of more inner tube glued over the top so that the water goes off this and onto the outside of the watertight area then down through the normal scuttle drains.
It doesn't look pretty but I'd be confident enough to jetwash the car with no worries.
The wiring goes from here into the engine bay via another hole I cut and runs along the engine above the belts.
I took a lot of the relays (rad fans etc) and other electrics into the car through a hole in the bulkhead and mounted everything solidly behind the dash.
For moving the battery into the car I used heavy duty welding cable, relatively voltage drop and excellent flexibility linked to a new battery that is a tiny bit more powerful than it has to be. The wires go in through the buklhead near the o/s strut tucked in behind the washer bottle. Need to get a rubber bung on this as I'm not happy with the wires moving around loose in the hole.
Airbag sensors are all fitted as I'd planned to use the seat airbags, this will now wait until after the mot as its not important yet.
The wiring coming through the doorcard is for the electric window switch, this is all hidden in the door pocket but I've lost the bloody passengers door pocket, will turn up eventually.
It doesn't look pretty but I'd be confident enough to jetwash the car with no worries.
The wiring goes from here into the engine bay via another hole I cut and runs along the engine above the belts.
I took a lot of the relays (rad fans etc) and other electrics into the car through a hole in the bulkhead and mounted everything solidly behind the dash.
For moving the battery into the car I used heavy duty welding cable, relatively voltage drop and excellent flexibility linked to a new battery that is a tiny bit more powerful than it has to be. The wires go in through the buklhead near the o/s strut tucked in behind the washer bottle. Need to get a rubber bung on this as I'm not happy with the wires moving around loose in the hole.
Airbag sensors are all fitted as I'd planned to use the seat airbags, this will now wait until after the mot as its not important yet.
The wiring coming through the doorcard is for the electric window switch, this is all hidden in the door pocket but I've lost the bloody passengers door pocket, will turn up eventually.