how have you got the amp cable to the eng

[Klang1.6]

i need to put my amp cable through the engine into the cabin, how have you done it.. i know u put it through a existing gromet but how do you get to it? any pics?

 

[Pete]

Through the bonnet release cable grommet.

 

[Michael]

I did mine yesterday and had it lined up besides the fuel line under the car and up through the fueltank gromet under the rear seat. Much easier than the bonnet release thing.

 

[Pete]

Bad idea if youve attached it to the fuel line!

 

[Michael]

There is an extra clip along side with it works pretty good!!! Why would it be a bad idea???

 

[BlackClio16v]

pull back the passenger side carpet at the front may have to unscrew a thingy they youll see a grommet up under the dash on the floor....try feedin it through nvr worked on mine so i pulled the grommit out and pushed the wire down the side then replaced the grommit....works perfect, hope that helps

 

[dangermouse_se]

Bonnet release is the accepted way to do it. I used that and I think 90% of the peeps on here did too.

 

[TheCake]

There was a topic in here that Jas wrote that had this kind of info in. It was a sticky from memory - where has it gone?

 

[dangermouse_se]

Aye this is def a popular question, a sticky might save a bit of typing.

 

[Rich_M]

i need to do this to mine but cant be arsed !

 

[dangermouse_se]

takes an hour max

 

[mxfuk]

Ive got to do mine soon but had a look in the engine bay and the heat shield carpet stuff is covering the gromet. Any ideas?! Thanks

Max

 

[Doc]

behind the glove box.. grommit .. ez..



though not worked on the normal aircond 172s. only my cup



bring all your cars to me ill do it for ya

 

[KyleB]

i drilled a hole thru, then filled it with a grommet.

Just be careful not to drill through anything important, IE. brakes etc.

Horrible noise mind....

 

[Mike@Rentech]

Quote: Originally posted by Michael on 21 July 2004

I did mine yesterday and had it lined up besides the fuel line under the car and up through the fueltank gromet under the rear seat. Much easier than the bonnet release thing.

Bloody hell mate, lets hope that dont get chaffed or corroded and short out or no more clio for you!

Hope its fused well

 

[Michael]

^^^^ Chaffet by what??? How often do your fuel line get chaffed......It´s double insulated so don´t think it will . Your brakelines ar cobber too and they have no insulation so please........Beeing paranoid eye???

Cobber will only corrod when mixing with air and insulation = no air, so think it will be fine for a very long time!!

 

[FATBOY]

Quote: Originally posted by Michael on 24 July 2004


^^^^ Chaffet by what??? How often do your fuel line get chaffed......It´s double insulated so don´t think it will . Your brakelines ar cobber too and they have no insulation so please........Beeing paranoid eye???

Cobber will only corrod when mixing with air and insulation = no air, so think it will be fine for a very long time!!





cobber???? u mean copper?????? well being a plumber and all that it dont corrode like you say it does!!! mixing with warm air and insulation??????? thats bollox!!! if it done that then we ouldnt use it for heating would we????

 

[Michael]

OK COPPER and it might as well corrode in the engine bay then right????

Insulation= Plastic around COPPER wire = no air......Anyway a plummer don´t work with cabels now does he???? COPPER will corrod when mixin with air, but not when it´s insulated!!! OK??

 

[Levo]

Behind the glove box:

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1083304391__gromet01.jpg

Gromet close up:

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1083304429__gromet02.jpg

 

[jonnyboy]

if you take the passenger side front wheel off and then the plastic arch liner it makes it dead easy to get to the bonet release gromet, its a bit fiddly otherwise, with the wheel off its a 2 second job

 

[Dave S2K]

I used a thin metal coat hanger bent over into a hoop at the end to push through into the engine bay then attached my power cable to that hoop and pulled it back through, job done. Hardest part of my install was getting fresh speaker wire into the 2 front doors (covered in another topic).