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Mattb

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5th Mar 07 at 19:33

Small rant time..

Basically i have been busy taking the engine out of my corsa ready for the new owner to pick up, all the bits in boxes to get the engine back up to scratch, great!
Then i get to taking the wiring loom out.... And what a crock of shit it was!!
What they had basically done is take the standard ECU and rip it apart leaving the pins inside the ecu there along with the connector, they have then soldered the omex side of the loom to it, leaving the original loom in tact, cutting the redundant connectors off and tapeing the wires up at the end. The they clearly couldnt get the original fuel pump relay to work, so bodged in a crappy 4 pin relay and left both hanging in the inner wing..
Alot of the wires had soldered in joins, Solder = BAD

So my mission was to sort out the mess:

Mmmmm all that loom for 4 sensors, 4 injectors and a coil pack

I mean WTF is this crap?? ECU side btw...

Loom side... Nice bit of corrosion there too, and sooooo many wires that arent needed!

No pics of the work i did, but the Loom is now solder free, no crap connections, all wiring repaired, original fuel pump relay wired up properly, redundant wires removed etc etc... Amazing what you can do with the proper wiring diagrams and a brain...

The new loom, wrapped nicely in proper loom tape, not insulating tape..

The removed stuff...

Rant over.... about 5 hours work there too, proper job!

BarnshaW

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5th Mar 07 at 19:34

too complex for me :s

All Torque

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5th Mar 07 at 19:35

Shocking.

Last pic

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5th Mar 07 at 19:36

That's almost as bad as my whole Nova was.

Mattb

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5th Mar 07 at 19:38

Also i found some amusing things in there too, like the coding plug for what grade fuel your using wired into the air temperature input on the omex, (hows that going to work

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And an attempt to take a feed off the wire for the temperature guage

All Torque

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5th Mar 07 at 19:39

What company? Name and shame

RKS

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5th Mar 07 at 19:39

how have you joined the wires then? i always thought wires soldered together were fine?

Adam-D

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5th Mar 07 at 19:40

nice work there, some ppl are proper cowboys cutting corners

what company was it that did the "work"

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5th Mar 07 at 19:41

excellent bodgy.

Jules

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5th Mar 07 at 19:48

quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
What company? Name and shame

tom_simes

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5th Mar 07 at 19:51

quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
What company? Name and shame

STEvieXE

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5th Mar 07 at 19:52

quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes

quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
What company? Name and shame

Mattb

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5th Mar 07 at 19:56

I dont think the company exists anymore (suprisingly)

But Dynotech Developments was the company..

I have nearly £3k worth of recipts from them

Mattb

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5th Mar 07 at 20:00

quote:
Originally posted by --Rikki--
how have you joined the wires then? i always thought wires soldered together were fine?

I have joined the wires with Duraseal connectors, basically crip connectors, but are heat shrink also to prevent moisture getting to the joins..

Two reasons why solder isnt that great:

1) Its a dry joint and can crack and come apart
2) Its two different metals (copper and whatever solder is made from) and is suseptable to corrosion - a bit like when your alloys get stuck to the hubs because the two metals react to each other

These are the two main reasons i dont use solder.. however there are times when solder is useful - eg when there isnt enough space to use a duraseal connector

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5th Mar 07 at 20:01

You have certainly sorted out that loom haven't you

Was such a mess last weekend!

Mattb

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5th Mar 07 at 20:04

Im happy with the results

We've been busy at work

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5th Mar 07 at 20:07

In a totally un-related matter, can you delete faults from the ECU of a Fiat?

STEvieXE

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5th Mar 07 at 20:07

duraseal connectors?? pics??

are they weather proof???

Mattb

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5th Mar 07 at 20:08

leave the battety disconnected overnight...

Failing that, most faults in modern ecus clear if they dont reappear after a few hundred miles iirc

Mattb

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5th Mar 07 at 20:09

quote:
Originally posted by STEvieXE
duraseal connectors?? pics??

are they weather proof???

I'll get some if your interested, and yes they are weather proof, as the ends are heat srink around the wire

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5th Mar 07 at 20:10

Oh right... Thought I might have to go making up stories to the dealer as to how I got a fault on it

Cheers

Jambo

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5th Mar 07 at 20:15

_Allan_

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5th Mar 07 at 20:16

Mattb are you available for bookings around christmas?

I have 6 sets of tree lights that need sorting

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5th Mar 07 at 20:20

LMAOO!!! ^^^

But that loom looks tidy now - if only i knew what went where!

STEvieXE

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5th Mar 07 at 20:23

quote:
Originally posted by Mattb

quote:
Originally posted by STEvieXE
duraseal connectors?? pics??

are they weather proof???

I'll get some if your interested, and yes they are weather proof, as the ends are heat srink around the wire

yeah please, think i know wot they are but just to make sure...

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