Oh joy....engine wiring harness fun begins, starting to wire up the LINK fuel inject |
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Oh joy....engine wiring harness fun begins, starting to wire up the LINK fuel inject |
Mueller |
May 2 2005, 10:39 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
sorry for the Andy-esque photo (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)
Started to read the install manual for the Link fuel injection/ignition controller last night as well as the wiring for the Mallory CDI which will be used as well (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) Man, wiring is never fun, the hardest part I think will be laying everything out and figuring out how to run the wires so that it looks like a clean install....I'm still not sure if I'll be shrink tubing the entire harness or use the wire harness specific cloth-type tape. Attached image(s) |
JeffBowlsby |
May 2 2005, 08:42 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,535 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None |
James, modern cars do not have engine bays open to direct water like ours do...That split in the corrugeted casing is not waterproof. Consider where water will end up when the engine bay is exposed rain...yes, inside the harness...Corrugated casing is not optimum or even appropriate for our cars engine bays. My wifes 5-series Bimmer has sealed harness even in the rear trunk, don't know about other modern cars. I have taken apart at leat 200 of our 914s harnesses...I see the kind of harsh conditions they are exposed to...and how the OEM harnesses have performed.
Now if its to be used in protected locations...I couldn't see a problem with that.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Same with the polyester braided sleeving guys, its not waterproof. While its great for abrasion resistance, it wont keep the dirt/fluids out from where it counts. I think heat resistance may be questoinable too, but I would have to check the products specs. Just MHO...YMMV...you are free to disagree.... |
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