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Day off tommorrow so will be carrying on with tidying the wiring and post an update. Just taxed it for 6 months for the grand sum of £79.75. Love it.
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Reet, this is a bit of a boring update TBH but worth doing for the results when the inside is painted and the cage is in.
I started off by removing the motor and loom for the sunroof (I'm still in 2 minds on what to do with the actual glass yet, more on that later though).
This is what I was left with after the roof lining and interior light was out...
So, removed the motor and all the loom which goes from behind the dash to the sunroof/light area. I want to keep the interior light (Or some sort of one) so I removed any wiring from the plug that I didnt need.
Original....
All the crap removed...
So, routed the interior light wiring where it will be as hidden as possible and plugged it in, checking it all worked. Any bits that are exposed will be covered in blck flexible conduit, not just left taped
How the roof looks now the motor and all un-needed loom removed....
The rear of the car when stripped IMO, looks a mess with how the wiring is routed. When the car is painted, I didnt want loom draped everywhere so I starte to hide the interior loom. Again, everything will be flexi'd, not just left in tape. Where ever possible aswell, I removed bts of loom and switches I wont need.
So, I cut the loom in half and un wrapped it. Working from a wiring diagram I stripped back the wiring for rear speakers, door shut switches, spare earths etc.
After a while getting the looms through existing holes (I have carbon door cards to go in and a big sheet of carbon to cut to suit any apertures in the rear so avoided anything I can blank off) The arches looked like this
The side with the battery tray in, has the earth and number plate light behind it, I fed the wiring through a hole behind the battery and will have to flex the wiring which feeds the No. plate light. Not a problem because a) The battery hides it and b) its the main earth point for the rear light originally so made sense to use it.
Theres one length of loom that I cant hide easily, which runs across the roof above the boot, which feeds the boot lock, high level brake light etc etc so I'll flexi it and tie it neatly to the panel, when the inside is painted, you'll not notice it because it's out of sight but will be neat enough anyway.
I cut the aerial cable and fed that through the panel gaps inside the car too, neatens the insde so much without any loom anywhere!
It was snowing like a ho outside the car so no full interior pics as I just closed the boot and went in for a brew!
More this weekend.....
I started off by removing the motor and loom for the sunroof (I'm still in 2 minds on what to do with the actual glass yet, more on that later though).
This is what I was left with after the roof lining and interior light was out...
So, removed the motor and all the loom which goes from behind the dash to the sunroof/light area. I want to keep the interior light (Or some sort of one) so I removed any wiring from the plug that I didnt need.
Original....
All the crap removed...
So, routed the interior light wiring where it will be as hidden as possible and plugged it in, checking it all worked. Any bits that are exposed will be covered in blck flexible conduit, not just left taped
How the roof looks now the motor and all un-needed loom removed....
The rear of the car when stripped IMO, looks a mess with how the wiring is routed. When the car is painted, I didnt want loom draped everywhere so I starte to hide the interior loom. Again, everything will be flexi'd, not just left in tape. Where ever possible aswell, I removed bts of loom and switches I wont need.
So, I cut the loom in half and un wrapped it. Working from a wiring diagram I stripped back the wiring for rear speakers, door shut switches, spare earths etc.
After a while getting the looms through existing holes (I have carbon door cards to go in and a big sheet of carbon to cut to suit any apertures in the rear so avoided anything I can blank off) The arches looked like this
The side with the battery tray in, has the earth and number plate light behind it, I fed the wiring through a hole behind the battery and will have to flex the wiring which feeds the No. plate light. Not a problem because a) The battery hides it and b) its the main earth point for the rear light originally so made sense to use it.
Theres one length of loom that I cant hide easily, which runs across the roof above the boot, which feeds the boot lock, high level brake light etc etc so I'll flexi it and tie it neatly to the panel, when the inside is painted, you'll not notice it because it's out of sight but will be neat enough anyway.
I cut the aerial cable and fed that through the panel gaps inside the car too, neatens the insde so much without any loom anywhere!
It was snowing like a ho outside the car so no full interior pics as I just closed the boot and went in for a brew!
More this weekend.....
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KNowsit Gray! Bit of a ballache but it's easy enough.
Dean, na mate, been about 3" of snow!
Dean, na mate, been about 3" of snow!
White Sti Hatch
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Mine works sometimes, others it doesnt. Cracked ABS ring FTL mate!
Fancy lending a brother a hand LOL!
Me and electronics do not go together... :dead:
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Pmsl! Kev battery relocation
Gray, I need to do the dash loom next so it all has to come out..... Joint dash removal meet? Lol!
Gray, I need to do the dash loom next so it all has to come out..... Joint dash removal meet? Lol!
Pmsl! Kev battery relocation
Gray, I need to do the dash loom next so it all has to come out..... Joint dash removal meet? Lol!
yes mate, yes!!
that is actually my next step
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mini-valver
What you doing this weekend mate?
3.2 V6 4KEV, 944 Cab, 172
Please do it at Kevdown and do BAGS at the same time!! Please....
Please do it at Kevdown and do BAGS at the same time!! Please....
triple dash removal meet... oohh like a 3 way bring the lube Baggers!
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mini-valver
I get millions of crimps from work though and I'm a cheapskate
Golf V6 4Motion
mini-valver - measurements all ok on your revised gasket mate; being cut shortly! thanks
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Awesome! Top man.
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mini-valver
Another 2 steps forward 1 step back update....
Drove to work yesterday, all fine and felt really nice on the lanes on the way. Parked up, come to restart it.... Nothing. No fuel pump, no spark, just turns over. Checked all fuses and relays so gave Ben a call. He ran through a few things with me and we had it at either a break in the main power cable OR the ecu has had a fit. Towed it home on a solid bar, in the fog ay about 9pm and left it last night. Had to take the day off today because I couldn't get to work and had a poke with the multimeter.
The ECU is getting power, all fuses and relays are ok so its the ECU itself. No idea why or how its decided to break as its inside the car, in a dry box. Ben's coming up to have a look so we'll go from there when he's plugged into it to see what it says......
Ahhhhh, Love life.
Drove to work yesterday, all fine and felt really nice on the lanes on the way. Parked up, come to restart it.... Nothing. No fuel pump, no spark, just turns over. Checked all fuses and relays so gave Ben a call. He ran through a few things with me and we had it at either a break in the main power cable OR the ecu has had a fit. Towed it home on a solid bar, in the fog ay about 9pm and left it last night. Had to take the day off today because I couldn't get to work and had a poke with the multimeter.
The ECU is getting power, all fuses and relays are ok so its the ECU itself. No idea why or how its decided to break as its inside the car, in a dry box. Ben's coming up to have a look so we'll go from there when he's plugged into it to see what it says......
Ahhhhh, Love life.
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gaynesss.....must be that tuppaware rigjob
Die. It's not a rig up, it's a proper ECU box!
Meh, warranty! May be something simple, like the power feed on the board inside has snapped. If not, new ECU, download the map and make a few changes to he cold start and it'll be as good as ever.....
He says.
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mini-valver
Lol, I know. It's only the ECU, plug and play so wont be a massive job. Just a f**king ballache.
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mini-valver
I'd love it if you could turn up with a little tool box and a swiss army knife, lol.
It just stopped working, drove to work fine, turned it off. Went to start it, nothing!
It just stopped working, drove to work fine, turned it off. Went to start it, nothing!
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mini-valver
Yeah, it's under warranty so wont cost me anything! It's just inconvienience of having no car for work! Lend me some money for a runabout Gem?
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How can I check??
