damajin
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 posted on 28/4/09 at 01:13 PM |
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Chuffed to bits
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
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 28/4/09 at 01:19 PM |
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cool, I like doing the electrics, makes your car come alive
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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damajin
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| posted on 28/4/09 at 01:39 PM |
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quote:
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
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yellow melos
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| posted on 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 !!!
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clairetoo
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| posted on 28/4/09 at 04:44 PM |
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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` 
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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chrisg
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| posted on 28/4/09 at 04:53 PM |
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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 
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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damajin
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| posted on 29/4/09 at 11:31 AM |
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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
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