esn163
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| posted on 11/7/06 at 09:42 PM |
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Under dash area and SVA
Hi,
we are just in the process of setting the car up for SVA and are unsure of how tidy wiring etc. has to be under the dash.
Also, we have noticed some have panelled the whole under dash area in for SVA have people passed without doing this? Currently, the wiring is in a mix
of convoluted tube and wrapped in between with insulating tape and where it goes through the ally panel into wiring area behind, the edges are
protected with plastic edging strip. Is it worth panelling this whole area anyway? Also is there anything else worth covering under the dash.
Thanks
Ed
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Humbug
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| posted on 11/7/06 at 10:05 PM |
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My wiring is bundled together with cable ties onto the rails, etc. but I made a cover with a piece of an old plastic bath panel - looks a lot neater
and keeps things out of reach of Mr SVA's balls!
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/photos.php?action=showphoto&photo=2005-08-28%202%20Locost%20underdash%20panel.jpg
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DavidM
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| posted on 11/7/06 at 10:11 PM |
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This seems to be one of those areas where each test centre has a different interpretation.
Mine was SVA'd at Nottingham. I made a tray above the transmission tunnel to hold all of the under dash wiring. This left very little under the
dash that was contactable. The underside of the column support bracket was carpeted, the cut off switch bulked up and radiussed, and the scuttle edges
trimmed. Passed OK.
David
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donut
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| posted on 11/7/06 at 10:37 PM |
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Best to get all wiring etc hidden away. They have an exclusion zone so many mm above the base of the seat. Anything above that measurement in the
footwell comes under sva edge regs. I had a load of relays which i should have failed on but he let me get away with it.
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
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Chippy
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| posted on 11/7/06 at 11:02 PM |
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I panelled mine in with a couple of pieces of hardboard, covered with some vynil, SVA man took one glance at it, and that was that. I think if they
cant see the wiring, it's like it not there. My advise, cover it in, why fail on a simple item, can always take it out later, if your that
worried about the weight.  Chippy.
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esn163
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| posted on 12/7/06 at 08:09 AM |
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Thanks for the replies guys - some great ideas there, will have a go at panelling it with something
Cheers
Ed
[Edited on 12/7/06 by esn163]
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bimbleuk
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| posted on 12/7/06 at 10:06 AM |
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I used corrugated ali sheet under the dash and cut a couple access holes for fuses etc. I used edge strip on these of course. My wiring was a complete
mess tucked behind the dash but hidden by the panel. No problem passing SVA. I have since tidied the wring!
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Guinness
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| posted on 12/7/06 at 03:01 PM |
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I left mine open wish I hadn't really. Only fail was the spade type terminals on the flasher relay weren't insulated.
Not bad, but to change them involved me lying with my head in the footwell, arse on the seat with me feet hanging over the roll bar!
Glad no-one had a camera!
Mike
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