Installed Wiring Harness Today |
|
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.
This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way. Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
|
Installed Wiring Harness Today |
mikey |
Jun 9 2004, 02:21 AM
Post
#1
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 423 Joined: 30-January 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 214 Region Association: None |
I thought I'd post this to save some other poor soul the same grief that I just went through. I installed a brand new wiring harness (well the back half anyway) into my 914-6 today. It's not easy but one person can do it.
I found out the hard way that everything, including connectors, has to fit through a quarter size hole just after exiting the firewall. The connector for the relay board had to go through this hole first because it won't fit with anything else in this hole - I mean even a single wire already in this hole would make the fit too tight for the relay board connector to pass through. Then I started feeding other wires through. I ran into a round connector that I thought wasn't going to make it through undamaged but with a little persuasion it finally worked. Oh, and another thing...the back end of the harness has to be inserted at the very front of the tunnel. It lays on top of the tunnel until it reaches midway where it passes into the tunnel, out and back in again before going through the firewall. Hope this helps somebody. (Shoulda taken some pictures) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) |
Phoenix-MN |
Jun 9 2004, 06:37 AM
Post
#2
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 927 Joined: 23-January 04 From: ST. Bonifacius,MN Member No.: 1,590 |
I also went throught the same "drill" last Saturday, ditto on the relay board connector. Did your harness have the rubber boot from the firewall up to the tray? Once it was in I remembered what a PITA it was to get out. I tried to remove it in one piece but it just seemed impossible (how did they do it originally) I ended up making a cut and re-splicing it together mid way through the tunnel.
Now the fun begins - where do all the wires go (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) |
McMark |
Jun 9 2004, 09:18 AM
Post
#3
|
914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Mike, you should make a thread to put all your progress in. People love to follow those threads, including me.
|
mikey |
Jun 9 2004, 10:44 AM
Post
#4
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 423 Joined: 30-January 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 214 Region Association: None |
QUOTE Did your harness have the rubber boot from the firewall up to the tray? Yes it had this rubber piece. It took some doing but I was able to wiggle it through all the openings and finally out the firewall. I was able to get it seated in the hole in the tray and the firewall ok. I didn't have to cut anything. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) QUOTE Mike, you should make a thread to put all your progress in. I'm headed to work on the front end today and I'll remember to bring my camera this time. How do I make a thread? Mike |
Doug Leggins |
Jun 9 2004, 10:54 AM
Post
#5
|
Senior Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,358 Joined: 6-February 03 From: Nashville, Indiana Member No.: 261 Region Association: None |
Thanks for posting the tips! I'll be doing this installation soon.
I've removed a wiring harness before but have never installed one yet. It looks like it's going to take a lot of time. |
mikey |
Jun 9 2004, 11:33 AM
Post
#6
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 423 Joined: 30-January 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 214 Region Association: None |
QUOTE It looks like it's going to take a lot of time. Actually, it didn't take as much time as I thought it would - about 3 hours to get the back of the harness through. But I had to redo things a couple of times because I mis-routed the cables. Also, if there are 2 people working together it would go faster. I'll try to post some pictures later today to show how I routed things. |
Dave_Darling |
Jun 9 2004, 12:58 PM
Post
#7
|
914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
Can't you just pop the back off the connector, pull the wires out of it, and feed them through that way? That's what I would have tried. The back has come off of my connector before...
--DD |
Jeff Bonanno |
Jun 9 2004, 02:34 PM
Post
#8
|
il dottore Group: Members Posts: 421 Joined: 30-April 03 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 636 |
Dave - time to change your sig!
|
i love porsche |
Jun 9 2004, 02:49 PM
Post
#9
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 6-May 04 From: Nutley, NJ Member No.: 2,030 Region Association: North East States |
ah yes, ill be doing this soon also...i just pulled the dash off thanks to the thread with the pics here a few weeks ago...thank god for this forum
|
McMark |
Jun 9 2004, 04:04 PM
Post
#10
|
914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Mike, to start a new thread about your car, do just like you made this one. Click the New Topic button and call it My 914/6 Progress or something. Then bookmark the thread so you don't have to search for it every time. You can just open up the bookmark and click Add Reply to update the thread.
|
Katmanken |
Jun 9 2004, 07:15 PM
Post
#11
|
You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Here is a little tip to make the wires lay straight once you get them fed through the tunnel and the dash area.
Massage the wires once they are roughly in place. Pull them, bend them, stroke them around the bends. Work the curves into the wires so that the connectors want to line up with the device they plug into. Do that and they will naturally want to fall into the correct shapes and look professional. Don't do it and it can resemble a rats nest Learned this trick wiring some Army communication shelters. Those 8x8x 18foot trailers had more satellite comm and crypto gear than you would believe. New wiring bundles had to be worked and stroked over under and around and through all sorts of obstacles. Ken |
mikey |
Jun 9 2004, 10:13 PM
Post
#12
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 423 Joined: 30-January 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 214 Region Association: None |
QUOTE Can't you just pop the back off the connector, pull the wires out of it, and feed them through that way? I didn't try that. If you could do this it would make things easier. I'd be worried about loosening the connections or getting the wires back in the wrong places. But now I know it's possible to get everything through that little hole in the tray without taking it apart. Mark, thanks for the info about starting a thread. |
mikey |
Jun 9 2004, 10:29 PM
Post
#13
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 423 Joined: 30-January 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 214 Region Association: None |
Ken, Thanks for the tip on massaging and bending the wires into place. I got the front of the harness into the front trunk ok, but the bundle of wires under where the dash goes will be challenging. It would be helpful to have another -6 around to look under the dash.
Does anyone know where can we find the black plack protectors that fit on the tabs that hold the harness in place? Brad suggested heat shrink tubing from an electronic store, but they're a metric size. The 1/4 inch ones are just a tad too small and the next larger size is much too big. |
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 8th June 2024 - 01:00 AM |
All rights reserved 914World.com © since 2002 |
914World.com is the fastest growing online 914 community! We have it all, classifieds, events, forums, vendors, parts, autocross, racing, technical articles, events calendar, newsletter, restoration, gallery, archives, history and more for your Porsche 914 ... |