hi everybody, just arrived at the stage of my build where i need to start wiring. I have run the loom roughly where it needs to go now the hard bit, joining it all up to the right places on the sierra column switches etc. I am a bit of a wiring virgin so any help or hints would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance Shaun

Type "sierra column switches" or similar into the search and search the electrics section. Lots of stuff should come up.

Hi Shaun, I've just finished this job myself (apart from relays to protect the switches), I too hadn't done anything related to wiring before so it was a bit of a daunting experience! Got there in the end though.

What make is your loom? Did you buy it or make it yourself?

My advice would be to follow everything through very carefully and TEST EVERYTHING WITH A MULTIMETER! i can't stress enough how helpful mine has been, if you haven't got one I strongly recommend you get one. It's invaluable for figuring out where you've gone wrong and what to plug in where.

For example I was having a problem with my fan not coming on when I touched the switch wires together, I couldn't work out why not, I could even hear the fan relay switching! In the end I borrowed a multimeter and within minutes I'd figured it out - one of the terminals I had put on the fan wires had a loose connection and wasn't passing any current. Once I replaced it the fan worked no trouble. So, if you haven't quite got the moral of this story yet - GET A MULTIMETER AND TEST EVERY CONNECTION YOU MAKE AS YOU GO ALONG!!

Hope that helps, any more questions don't hesitate to post them.

Cheers

Pete

As said test each circuit as you finish it. Nothing worse than trying to cure a problem when there is more than one fault as lots of circuits share common supplies. Also worth putting a fuse on the battery supply which will blow rather than the loom melting if you short something out during testing.

Scoobyiscool... very sound advice!

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Originally posted by Hellfire
Scoobyiscool... very sound advice!

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the way i did it, i just banged my head with a haynes manual until it made sense. then wired it from scratch. The switch tackle on a sierra is fairly complex but nothing excessive, once it makes sense it is quite easy to wire right. just make sure you understand the purpose of every wire.