My winter IX RS project cleanup
I am pretty sure that I am done with the front of the car, harness wise. I am now taping up the harnesses, and going to re-install them, and make sure that the car still runs, before I finalize everything and start work on the interior harness. I don't want to bite off more than I can chew, than not know what causes a problem, if I have one down the road.
Here are a few shots of the harness as I finish it up. You can see, I am wrapping electrical tape around the wires with about a 1" spiral. This will hold the wires tight, and keep them neat and organized, but make it very easy to access them, if I need to anytime in the future. No need for loom, they will be in the car away from the elements!
Next step, is to try it all out, so keep your fingers crossed for me! If all goes well, I will have the car running again this weekend , at least temporarily.
Oh, and for future reference, the connector here is not a connector at all, but a row of wires that share the same signal. They share a line of metal that connects them all. It's called a bus I think, but either way, I am keeping it there!
--mark
Here are a few shots of the harness as I finish it up. You can see, I am wrapping electrical tape around the wires with about a 1" spiral. This will hold the wires tight, and keep them neat and organized, but make it very easy to access them, if I need to anytime in the future. No need for loom, they will be in the car away from the elements!
Next step, is to try it all out, so keep your fingers crossed for me! If all goes well, I will have the car running again this weekend , at least temporarily.
Oh, and for future reference, the connector here is not a connector at all, but a row of wires that share the same signal. They share a line of metal that connects them all. It's called a bus I think, but either way, I am keeping it there!
--mark
Not too much progress the past few days, but I did get a chance to weigh the wire and looming that was removed so far. This does not include the extra relays, plastic pieces, metal brackets, tranny ecu, or anything else I have removed in this process, this is JUST the wire and looming:
On my scale, this weighs in just shy of 6 pounds. Not bad for the wire from the firewall forward
--mark
On my scale, this weighs in just shy of 6 pounds. Not bad for the wire from the firewall forward
--mark
I started re-installing the harness into the car today, so that I could test out the length of the wires, and test the fitment of the fuse block and battery under the dash. I think this has a lot of promise! Most of the harness is inside the car, just laying on the floor for now, but some of it goes out of the firewall. Here are some shots:
Again, this is just testing the length of the wire, and not everything is loomed yet, but this is showing great promise. The only wires coming out from inside of the car are through this one hole on the firewall. I am pretty sure the only wire that I need to extend is the large gauge starter wire, which needs to be extended by about 8" or so.
This picture shows the engine bay, with ALL of the wires and relays run, and as you can see, the drivers side of the bay is very very clean looking!
I do have some questions though, first, this brown 2 wire connector is just inches from the alternator plug. Does anyone know what it is for?
Next, there is a single wire that goes down behind the alternator, and I think to the oil temperature sending unit. Can someone confirm this?
If that is just for the oil temp sending unit for the stock RS gauges, it is coming out, but I want to confirm that before I definitely get rid of it.
Thanks guys!
--mark
Again, this is just testing the length of the wire, and not everything is loomed yet, but this is showing great promise. The only wires coming out from inside of the car are through this one hole on the firewall. I am pretty sure the only wire that I need to extend is the large gauge starter wire, which needs to be extended by about 8" or so.
This picture shows the engine bay, with ALL of the wires and relays run, and as you can see, the drivers side of the bay is very very clean looking!
I do have some questions though, first, this brown 2 wire connector is just inches from the alternator plug. Does anyone know what it is for?
Next, there is a single wire that goes down behind the alternator, and I think to the oil temperature sending unit. Can someone confirm this?
If that is just for the oil temp sending unit for the stock RS gauges, it is coming out, but I want to confirm that before I definitely get rid of it.
Thanks guys!
--mark
Once I get to the inside of the car, I am sure I will remove another 10 pounds or so
