adam300Tdi90 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Hi all, I am struggling to feed the loom through the chassis on my project. At the minute I am going from back to front with a bit of wire pulling it. The two connectors seem to be getting stuck. Does anyone have any tips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errol209 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Hi all, I am struggling to feed the loom through the chassis on my project. At the minute I am going from back to front with a bit of wire pulling it. The two connectors seem to be getting stuck. Does anyone have any tips? I used a bit of surplus curtain track for feeding mains cables in around my conservatory, with a bit of wire taped on, and then used that to pull the cables through. I guess any reasonably stiff thing like fencing wire would also work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandyManLuke Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Personally, I wouldn't. It's only going to get in the way and serve as a mud trap. I'd prefer to use some decent protection and run the loom outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest noggy Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Personally, I wouldn't. It's only going to get in the way and serve as a mud trap.I'd prefer to use some decent protection and run the loom outside. i quite agree, and i think it was silly for landrover to ever put the loom through the chassis in the first place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy_SP Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I'm going to make my own - the current plan is to use some heavy-duty 17-core wire-braided cable with a clear plastic sheath to act as the chassis loom. This will be connected to a termination box at each end of the vehicle. That way I can run short sub-looms from the boxes to each component, and if anything goes wrong, it should be simple to fault-find. At least, that's the plan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam300Tdi90 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 Oh yeh I suppose I don't have to put it through the chassis! How would you guys go about mounting it securely and protecting it from being ripped off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 fit it in spiral wrap or convuluted tubing thats split along it's length & cable tie it to the body mounts high up out of harms way. have a look on vehicle wiring products website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landrover598 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I ran my loom along the top of the chassis rail, fixed ever 8" to a zip tie mount, riveted to the chassis. The loom is just wrapped in tape, but in exposed areas like in the wheel arches, it also has flexible ducting over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Badger Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I ended up running my loom through the chassis, how I did it was by using a cable puller, and going through on hole at a time. Took a while... I was in two minds about doing it also, but I thought it would just take up less space along that chassis rail. However one thing I have done is sealed up all the holes with rubber plugs, this was I will try and stop the water mud getting in there in the first place. Don't know if it will work, but you don't know unless you try right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbs Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 When i did my 90 rebuild onto a galvanised chassis i did put my loom back through the chassis using the remaining copper brake pipe that i had left when i did the pipework from back to front ,i covered my plugs up on the end of the loom with bodge tape(duck tape) and took my sweet old time-quite frustrating at times but it worked all the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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