jabbahutt
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 posted on 30/8/06 at 04:57 PM |
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rear chassis rail in front of fuel tank
Hi
some reasurance need here as if worst case scenario i could be up the creek without my paddle!!
I've routed my brake pipe to the rear drums at low level to the rear chassis rail that the fuel tank straps at the front connect to. I'm
now running the loom and it looks as if that is where the loom needs to be as well to run to the rear lights.
For SVA can I have my brake pipe and loom on the same rail as long as they aren't secured by the same p clips and as long as the loom is
insualted.
Secondly the loom if this is the correct route needs to run under the connection for the fuel pipe to the tank at low level, once again as long as
insualted and not sharing mouinting points is this okay.
There is a picture in Which kit which shows the loom and brake pipe on the same rail but it doesn't show what happens when it gets to the fuel
tank connection pipe.
Please put my mind at rest as the thought of removing the entire rear brake pipe system and re running it isn't exactly my idea of fun.
Sorry for the long winded post hopefully one of you more experience guys can help me out
Thanks
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Hellfire
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| posted on 30/8/06 at 05:13 PM |
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As I understand it (read SVA man may read it differently depending upon SVA Centre) the loom and fuel lines can be routed on the same side but not
using the same clips. Personally I would route loom and fuel on different sides. You should take measures to protect the loom anyhow using convoluted
tube or suchlike. Our brake and loom run on the same side using two P clips secured with 1 rivet. It's likely that somewhere the fuel and loom
will cross, but as long as you have taken measures for it to be safe I can't see a problem with it. There is an element of risk in most cars as
in our tank is an electrical motor underneath it's powered by the loom... Fuel/Electricity you can't avoid that.
Bear in mind it's all down to probability of failure and worse case scenario... if you make an effort for it to be safe then it will probably be
safe. As long as the SVA man (or woman) sees this then it should be ok... course not every SVA man will see it this way as it is open to
interpretation.
Steve
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nitram38
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| posted on 30/8/06 at 05:30 PM |
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Running side by side is not a problem. Where lines have to cross, wrap some spiral wrap around them so that they will not chaff.
As for electricity/fuel lines, some fuel pumps are immerrsed in the fuel tank.
If you use the correct fuses and cable sizes, then wiring problems should not occur!!!!!!!!!
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jabbahutt
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 posted on 30/8/06 at 09:28 PM |
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thanks for replying, so I take it that most of you are in the situation where your electrical loom passes under the spigot on the fuel tank that your
fuel pipe connects to?
sorry to be a pain but better to ask now than when I've drilled holes all over the rear of the chassis
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 31/8/06 at 08:46 AM |
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To put this in perspective: I wish our ford feista desginer had had though about this aspect, the battery postive chaffs on the metal brake pipe!
Definate SVA fail! Recipie for no brakes pluss fire, nice! Oddly enough battery cable now as a piece of pipe cabled tied around it to stop this!
Dan
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whitestu
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| posted on 31/8/06 at 10:13 AM |
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My loom is at the same side as the fuel pipe, but clipped to the side of the chassis rail, with the fuel pipe on the top.
This means the loom passes under where the fuel pipe exits the tank.
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