The ol' Amp power cable through the bulk head topic. sorry!

[perch_2000_uk]

hey!, im REALLY sorry for asking this (looked on search and theres most of the info) i just wanted someone to give me a bit more info, i have a 03 clio, i have read that the bonnet release cable is in the passenger footwell (just behind the glovebox).

Firstly have i red this right? I have a 8 guage cable, do i need to poke the gromit with a screwdrive to get it through?

And secondly i read/red (however its spelt) that you have to remove somthing in the engine bay to get to the cable, What is it i have to remove, do i just take it out or do i have to disconnect it from stuff?

It would be GREATLY apreciated if someone could do a step by step guide then maybe make it a sticky?

Again, i am really sorry for posting this, but i am concerned if i don't know what im doing i could possibly mess my car up.

Thanks loads in advance.

 

[kiza1986]

Can you see the grommet from the engine bay??

 

[A13EX F Trophy No70]

aghhhhhhhh how difficult is it to search threads.

lift the power steering resevoir tank up and put hand behind sound deadening u'll feel the grommet there

 

[davejm123]

unclip and lift resevoir tank to take off fixings, leave to hang down. feel behind lining to where the cable goes through and theres your grom!

 

[perch_2000_uk]

Can you see the grommet from the engine bay??

no.

 

[kneebs76]

Once you've got the reservoir unclipped (it comes off by pressing to reease the clip & pulling it upwards - it will be stiff though). You can then put ya arm down behind the sound deadening material and feel the grommet - it makes it easier if you put a screwdriver through the grommet.

The way I got the cable through was to tape the wire to a terminal screwdriver, then force it through the grommet - takes a bit of force but thats whats needed. Once through, I kinda kept hold of the wire & twisted & pulled on the screwdriver so as not to pull the wire back through with it.

You can then reach back down from the engine bay & pull the wire through.

To do this though I had to cut the end of the wire with the eye for the battery terminal off the wire then solder it back on once through.

 

[perch_2000_uk]

i cant even find the power steering reservior?! where is it?

 

[SteDonaghy]

^^^^^^ Get someone to do it for you lol

 

[perch_2000_uk]

i would but i dont know anyone, theres no power steering resevior where you said, theres nothing there, i want to know what the other side of the gromit looks like, is it just a holoe or does it follow around the bonnet realese cable for about 3/4cm?

 

[perch_2000_uk]

my engine bay looks like this http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=1553

isntead of this http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=2098

 

[kneebs76]

Can you not get your hand / arm down there & feel for it ? If you poke a screwdriver throught the grommet it will make it easier to find. All the grommet is, is a rubber "bung" to stop the wire rubbing against bare metal & to stop the rain / spray getting inside the car.

 

[Laura]

its piss easy on one of them, you dont need to move any bottles, did mine in bout 5 mins, where are you based?

bowever my 172 took 2 days

 

[davejm123]

lol you still not done it yet!

 

[perch_2000_uk]

nah i havnt done it yet, i have a very short fuse and i got very annouyed last night. i celetaped (sp) the wire to a screwdriver, but the wire just slid down as i tried to poke it through!? Im in peterborough btw.

 

[kneebs76]

Keep hold of the screwdriver & the lead as tight as you can so it won't slip, then give it a firm shove.

 

[Gammer]

Im having the same damn problem the bonnet release gromet is so tight i cant get it through i might just drill a new hole.

 

[Dan 172]

It's tuff, but just keep giving it ago.

I screwed a screw into the end of the power cable, which made it alot easier and rigid to push through.

A nail would even better I guess.

 

[jonny mac]

i taped metal wire on my cable, pushed the metal wire through the bonnet cable grommit and pulled it through. works a treat but very okward to do! takes patience

 

[Laura]

thread from the dead

 

[MT AUDIO]

get a metal coat hanger,make a hook on it,put an o ring terminal on the wire and pull it through takes 2 seconds then