This evening I used a
visit to the shed with a friend (who was in search for some spares) to have a look at the next job scheduled for
the DHC: checking and refurbishing the wiring looms. The plan has always been
to use one of my later (main) looms I have lying around, mainly because they
have same extra fuses thrown in for free. But while fitting the heater a few
months ago I had a proper look at the bulk head of the ’76 FHC. That’s when I
first noticed that a few holes in the bulk head were missing, including this
one, for the gearbox loom (the rather oil and heat affected grommet pictured in ‘t Kreng’s engine bay):
For comparison this is
the same area (though slightly more empty) of the ’76 FHC:
Luckily the connector is
inside the cabin and there is what looks like a suitable hole nearby in the
transmission tunnel to feed the wiring through. So that shouldn’t be too
difficult to adapt. Wishful thinking I presume!
And comparing the two looms
didn’t reveal any insurmountable problems. Only the grommet for the bulkhead
passage is much smaller on the earlier loom, while the hole looks (almost) the
same diameter. Well at least changing grommets shouldn’t be too difficult,
especially as I plan to change all connectors outside the cabin for modern
weather proof items.
And the two wiring looms
I used for comparison. Both will not be used, as I have a much better one in
storage somewhere 😇 First a later loom, in this case from a Solihull car:
And the original, and soon to be discarded, loom that came from the car. Though it will get a second life in something completely different:
3 comments:
hi again...did you have to cut off the old connectors ?
Yes! But I cut them off directly behind the contacts to minimise the loss in length. So you'll have to remove the connector blocks first.
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