scoop
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| posted on 5/4/06 at 08:38 PM |
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Laying of the loom
I have today taken delivery of my Premier wiring loom and have layed it out on the car. I straight away have a couple of questions.
Firstly, what parts of the loom come through the bulk head gromet?
Where do you run the parts of the loom to the front and rear lights? By this i mean at what point do you take them into the tunnel and do you gromet
them?
And, do all the relays and fuse boxes go behind the dash/bulk head.
I should explain that its the sierra loom and im clueless when it comes to this part of the build so photos or directions to them would be most
helpfull.
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scoop
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| posted on 5/4/06 at 09:08 PM |
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Thanks for those but, when you have covered your tranny tunnel are you just going to leave a gap at the end, on the top where you have taken the front
and rear light looms?
Have you decided where you are going to put your relays and fuses yet?
Steve.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 6/4/06 at 09:53 AM |
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I used Premier loom. Job 1 was to mark up all of the wires (i wrote on masking tape and stuck to wires) and insulate / tape up unwanted wires (ie for
sunroof, air con etc!).
I started with rear wiring so that was one lump dealt with. Then fitted front loom. Scuttle loom laid loosely in place with some cable ties left
looseish.
i didnt need to use the bulhead grommet. I routed the loom in such a way that it was protected in convoluted tube (split type, not solid).
Another good tip is to make sure no wires are routed under the exhaust manifold in engine bay - this is somewhat easier with a Pinto install.
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scoop
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| posted on 6/4/06 at 10:43 AM |
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Thanks gents,
It was a case of early to bed, early to rise last night.
Im thinking that ill use the supplied gromet to put the lighting and engine looms down from inside the scuttle to the tunnel and then split them off.
The rest will find homes in the scuttle to keep it neat.
Thanks again for the pics.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 6/4/06 at 11:00 AM |
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Reason i didnt need to use grommet was that it was more convenient for me to take engine and front light loom through the chassis area on top of
gearbox, protected in split convoluted tube. Ignition module was placed under a horizontal sheet of plastic 90 deg to the scuttle. Coil was placed
vertically on passenger footwell just round the corner.
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scoop
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| posted on 6/4/06 at 08:08 PM |
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The position of the cables sounds identical. I havent worked out the rest but have experienced help to hand.
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