need4speed Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 In the ongoing quest of wiring up the 110 ive come to realize that an awful lot of my TD5 wiring loom is redundant. This is because of me running an RV8 which will be megasquirted, and therefore meaning that i do not need any of the TD5 glowplug, ECU and fault diagnosis circuitry. This amounts to a fair old chunk of wires. Can i just cut the stuff off that i dont need and seal the ends? This would allow me to run the MS loom along the same route as the TD5 ECU wiring into the drivers side seatbox. This would be very neat and mean that no big loom will be visible inside the cab. Al thoughts welcome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 can't see any reason why you can't cut out the unrequired wires out & safely terminate the cut ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 What would the best method be? Maybe a spot of vaseline on the bare ends, and then a heat-shrink end cap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireblade7 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 i used a td5 all wiring looms to fit a 200 tdi into a defender made sure i had all nessery wires ect then cut them back into to the loom heat shrink all single wires then heat srinked them again around loom all perfect and very neat no loose ends regards mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve200TDi Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 If there's a lot of wiring to be removed and you are adding wires for megasquirt and maybe other things then it maybe worth removing all the trunking and insulation tape from the loom and removing the complete wires. Then you can add all the megasquirt cables etc and reinsulate it all and add trunking. I appreciate this could be a very time consuming process, but it will be nice and neat. Have a look at what Adam001 is doing here: http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=76920&p=691684 Once you've removed all the wires you don't need and add all the wires you do need then you can re insulate it all! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Thanks Steve. Yeah ive already looked at Adams thread. Just the very sight of all those wires makes beads of sweat form on my brow.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Brock Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I've just left all mine in place ready for a TD5 when to 200Tdi goes pop for the last time Will most likely just get the appropriate male/female plugs and fit blanking plugs in the terminal holes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 I was considering keeping them in place but then i will never put a diesel in there in place of the 4.6 so no point of keeping the harness original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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