l0rd
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Wiring Loom
After removing the wiring loom from the mx5 today, i started removing all unnecessary tubing, insulating tape in order to check on the condition of
the wiring and decide what to do with it.
So what have you done to yours?
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phoenix70
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| posted on 17/2/09 at 10:37 PM |
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Thrown it away and bought a new one 
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tegwin
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| posted on 17/2/09 at 10:48 PM |
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Originally posted by phoenix70
Thrown it away and bought a new one
Sounds logical :p
I stripped my sierra loom of all insulation... catagorised the wires into different sizes...and then used the wires to build a brand new loom..
Recon it saved me about £100..... new wire is expensive!
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blakep82
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| posted on 17/2/09 at 10:49 PM |
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i'm not sure which of the 3 options really. taken off all the bits of tube for later use. i might keep the rest of the loom as standard to sell
on the cheap as i'm not sure of its condition or if it works at all really. so i might take bits of it out to re-use where possible and bin the
rest.
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blakep82
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| posted on 17/2/09 at 10:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
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Originally posted by phoenix70
Thrown it away and bought a new one
Sounds logical :p
I stripped my sierra loom of all insulation... catagorised the wires into different sizes...and then used the wires to build a brand new loom..
Recon it saved me about £100..... new wire is expensive!
really? am i underestimating how much i need? i can get 100m of wire for about £22
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 17/2/09 at 11:17 PM |
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cost me about £35 for all the wire to do my loom and due to making sure i had enough i'm going to have 1-2 meters of most colours left over.
i found it was all the other bits and pieces that costs the most when you add it all up
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dave1888
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| posted on 17/2/09 at 11:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by l0rd
After removing the wiring loom from the mx5 today, i started removing all unnecessary tubing, insulating tape in order to check on the condition of
the wiring and decide what to do with it.
So what have you done to yours?
deja poo ive been in the garage tonight doing the same with my mx5 loom, although i dont have all the looms from the car.
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nz_climber
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| posted on 18/2/09 at 06:20 AM |
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My recomendation is to strip back the loom, then plug in the bits on the engine you need and work your way back from there to the ecu, extend any
wires you need too, and remove anything thats not pluged in. This way you disturb as little as possible, and use orginal plugs on the engine which
look at lot better and lock into place preventing things coming loose. As for lights etc just make up your own loom. Try and keep that seperate to the
engine loom as that makes things simple for changing engines etc..
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bilbo
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| posted on 18/2/09 at 07:26 AM |
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I'm in the process of doing this with my Rover 600 loom. I plugged the whole loom in at first, just draping it over the car and got the engine
running. Now, bit by bit, I'm removing the old tubing/loom tape, removing the wires I don't need, extenting or shortening the bits I do
need and installing it properly and neatly.
What I do do, though, is periodically re-start the engine to check I haven't broken anything - well that's my excuse when the neighbours
complain anyway
[Edited on 18/2/09 by bilbo]
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02GF74
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| posted on 18/2/09 at 08:05 AM |
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keep it simple and lightweight.
You whould know what lamps you will want to fit so have wires just for those; include a reverse lamp, not needed for SVA but useful to have.
The only extra wires you may need is if you decide to fit some electronic igntion/fuel type gubbins but there are quite a few variants hence
impossible to plan unless you know at this stage what you want.
Most of that will be in engine bay/driver compartment so easily accessible.
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nick205
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| posted on 18/2/09 at 09:15 AM |
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Spent ages carefully removing and labelling the Sierra donor loom. Ended up with a huge pile of sticky wire, enourmous fuse box and a headache.
Ummed and Arrred, then bought a Vicky Green loom for £80 IIRC and fitted it over 2 weekends. Kept a few bits from the Sierra loom (fuses, some
lengths of wire in useable colours and some connectors) and binned it.
IMHO it's just not worth the aggravation of trying to use a much more complex donor loom that's all the wrong shape and length - detracts
from the overall build of the kit.
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James
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| posted on 18/2/09 at 10:48 AM |
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I bought a Premier Loom- it's brilliant, easy to fit even for someone with no vehicle wiring experience like me, and well made.
I kept my Sierra loom so I could strip it for any extra lengths of wire or any extra colours I might need.
It's has been useful so glad I did.
For future proofing I actually ran extra wires to the rear of the car (future electric fuel pump etc.) and to get some more unique colours I spent £5
at the breakers to whip out the boot-to-engine loom from a 7-series. You get 3+ metres of unusual colours that are really clean cos they're
inside the car!
HTH,
James
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James
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| posted on 18/2/09 at 10:51 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
really? am i underestimating how much i need? i can get 100m of wire for about £22
Are you thinking of doing it all with one colour? Of course it's possible... but that's not gonna make it easy when it comes to fault
finding!!!
Either that or you've found a bargain place... cos I found it was cheaper to go to Premier for a complete loom than to try and get all those
different colours and connectors.
Cheers,
James
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mackei23b
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| posted on 18/2/09 at 11:13 AM |
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Made my own from scratch with new wiring
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Hellfire
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| posted on 18/2/09 at 12:52 PM |
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Same as Mackei23B. Build your own loom from scratch.
Phil
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blakep82
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| posted on 18/2/09 at 06:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
really? am i underestimating how much i need? i can get 100m of wire for about £22
Are you thinking of doing it all with one colour? Of course it's possible... but that's not gonna make it easy when it comes to fault
finding!!!
Either that or you've found a bargain place... cos I found it was cheaper to go to Premier for a complete loom than to try and get all those
different colours and connectors.
Cheers,
James
100m, and a choice/any combination of about 35 colours
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