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damajin - 28/4/09 at 01:13 PM

Having ripped out the old wiring loom from the KC (a mangled example of the Mk2 escort loom) I have been re-wiring the whole car from scratch. Last night I started her up for the first time and she turned over first time.

Chuffed to bits!!! Just have to finish off the last few jobs with the wiring (hazard and headlight switches) and she'll be good to go.

Cheers
D

Mr Whippy - 28/4/09 at 01:19 PM

cool, I like doing the electrics, makes your car come alive

damajin - 28/4/09 at 01:39 PM

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Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
Good stuff. I much prefer doing my own loom rather than bodging a standard one to do what i want it to do. I bet a pretty high proportion of kit car issues are electrical, and once you really sort your loom properly i bet you will have far fewer issues.


Exactly the reason for doing the work in the first place... Every time I went over a bump I would lose indicators, 1 rear side light and the dash lights!!!

Much happier now I know where everything is and how it all hooks together. It was a bit of a learning curve to figure out what went where etc but worth it in the end (at least I hope it's worth it - when I go for the first run I'll let you know)

D

yellow melos - 28/4/09 at 02:30 PM

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cool, I like doing the electrics, makes your car come alive

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Only when you wire a live to an earth and it all catches fire !!!

clairetoo - 28/4/09 at 04:44 PM

Well done - last car I wired (from a new loom) took three months
I hate electrics cuz you cant see whats wrong - unless you release the `magic smoke`

chrisg - 28/4/09 at 04:53 PM

I'd have to agree with Claire, electrics are sent by Beelzebub to torture us.

I'm wiring the single seater at the moment and I hate every minute of it!

Cheers

Chris

damajin - 29/4/09 at 11:31 AM

I didn't find it too bad, just need to take a slow and systematic approach to it. It's also made a lot easier in the KC as there aren't many circuits to think about (especially as it's a carb'd x-flow so no ECU etc), not like a production car with elecy windows / mirrors / etc etc!

Cheers
D