zetec
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| posted on 8/1/03 at 04:50 PM |
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SVA loom covering.
I'm half way thru doing my loom and have just read on another site that all the loom must have either a PVC or flexy tube cover. I know that this
applies for the engine bay area but does it also apply for the main loom under the scuttle?
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 8/1/03 at 06:13 PM |
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the neater the better,spiral wrap or the split stuf and put a cover on all the wires that drop down from the main loom as well,i cliped my loom to the
bulkhead as well
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 8/1/03 at 10:48 PM |
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if this is the case its not in my 18 month old manual.
you do have to support it every 12 ins though.
Most production cars have cloth or tape bindings which are not exactly quality protection.
Do something like a production car and you wont be far wrong.
I used flexy trunking from my dash to a common point under the bonnet where all the wires then eminated from. Did a similar thing for the rear cables,
with the flexy conduit in the tranny tunnel. I also used a length behind the dash for traversing wires across it. Spiral banding is good for looming
out from thos points, or pvc sheathing.
Cable ties are convenient, but dont look great and you have to cut em all off when you need to add a wire.
atb
steve
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 9/1/03 at 09:41 AM |
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The big thing about the wiring is that it must be properly supported to avoid:
- rubbing against other stuff (can cause shorts, or wear through brake or fuel pipes, etc.)
- flapping around (risk of wires cracking & breaking, causing shorts)
- flapping around so much that connectors don't (connect, that is!)
Apart from anything else, if you take a well-prepared car to the SVA then you stand a better chance of an easy ride than if you take a scruffy one.
The inspectors are only human, in spite of the rumours... 
rgds,
David
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