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the_legend_of_yrag
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24th Dec 03 at 12:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Need to get my amps power cable thru into my car and in the maxpower haynes manual it says it can easily go through an existing gromet?

Now im asuming this is the round black thing from the inside, and it points out with cables going through it in the engine bay?

So how do i open this up to get my new cable through??

Cheers!!
scoob
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24th Dec 03 at 12:18   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i just cut a hole in mine and pushed i thru
the_legend_of_yrag
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hhmm ok ill see what i can do!
IntaCepta
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24th Dec 03 at 12:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

just thread it thru, from the engine bay into the cabin.

remove the battery for easier access.
its right below the exapansion tank.

scoob
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24th Dec 03 at 12:50   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

it is abit fiderly
the_legend_of_yrag
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Yesh done it shoved a pen thru to make a hole then shove the cable through lol.

Now a 15 minute job of getting the cables through the other side has turned into an hour as one bloody screw wont come out. Poxy thing, getting really mad now!!

lol
Nath
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i secured the amp wire to a chop stick then jammed it underneath the gromet and just thread it through. Simple! I didnt pierce mine either. Thought it was sealed for a reason.
the_legend_of_yrag
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Finnaly got the other cables thru the otherside, but whilst doing that, my handbrake decided to come off, and as my car is on a slope, it gradually proceeded to move forwards into my house, big dent in bonnet, broken headlight bracket, and broken bumper bracket.

Great, just an excuse for some new smoked headlights and a bad boy bonnet now lol, but not got the money till febuary
Sparco
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i used the gromet which is on the drivers side, at the top left of the engine bay, seemed alot easier to do that than take all the battery and that out. power down drivers side, everything else down passenger side.
IntaCepta
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lol @ pen and chopstick

i just used an open ended spanner, a small one lol
Adam
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
jammed it underneath the gromet


they fit grommets to stop the wire chafing on the metal bodywork and causing it to short out, really should have gone through it

[Edited on 26-12-2003 by Adam]
wainey
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quote:
Originally posted by Sparco
i used the gromet which is on the drivers side, at the top left of the engine bay, seemed alot easier to do that than take all the battery and that out. power down drivers side, everything else down passenger side.
no need for battery to come out if u feed it from the inside out! just pokes out behind the header tank, then u just grab it
IntaCepta
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but if the power cable has an inline fuse, u'll only be able to wire it into the cabin from the engine bay.

unless u fancy pushing the fuse thru the grommit...

 
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