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Satoshi
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Adelaide
Registered:
August 2003

My Engine Bay	Sat, 26 June 2004 03:42

hey guys, i am wondering what i can do to tidy up my wirings without taking them off... What you guys think? could u guys post any clean engine bay which i could possibly look at? [Updated on: Sat, 26 June 2004 04:30] [Report message to a moderator]

Chris Davey
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Location:
sunny coast, qld
Registered:
October 2002

Re: my engine bay	Sat, 26 June 2004 03:45

I don't know the answer but I would go and find someone who has an engine bay that you like (similar to your setup) and copy what they have done and maybe change a couple of things. that is what I plan to do [Report message to a moderator]

TA-022
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Location:
Glenmore Park, NSW
Registered:
March 2004

Re: my engine bay	Sat, 26 June 2004 03:52

that is a mess! try re running / untangling the main messes to straighten them out so that they are not so bunched up. then you can go: 1. SUPER TIGHT ARSE Involves simply covering the wads of wiring in electrical tape Or cable ties just to bunch em up. 2. NOT A RICH MAN Buy plastic conduit .... this stuff is available from most auto shops (super cheap auto1 etc.) and is flexible plastic ribbed conduit that has a split in it lengthways. (bout $15-20 for about 8-10 metres) simply push the split onto the wires and it will snap around them. Leaving only a few pieces of conduit to be seen as aposed to XXXX number of stray wires. 3. IF I WANTED I COULD BUY UR ARSE! Park at a work shop. Walk inside reception. Throw keys and money on counter and repeat after me: "I'm lazy ... and am way too rich .... hide the wires please peasant..." LOL Nathan [Report message to a moderator]

Satoshi
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Adelaide
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August 2003

Re: my engine bay	Sat, 26 June 2004 04:06

lol...i wish i could buy your arse but i would rather not nathan... does anyone has a nice 4ag 100kw engine bay where i can follow? mine is too messed up i dont even know where to start especially the 2nd pic... [Report message to a moderator]

Skaney
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
August 2003

Re: My Engine Bay	Sat, 26 June 2004 05:00

Was your car red orginally satoshi? [Report message to a moderator]

Henn
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Location:
Rosanna, Melb
Registered:
June 2002

Re: My Engine Bay	Sat, 26 June 2004 05:01

If your wiring works then you're off to a good start. To clean it up you could find any spot where multiple bunches of wires run the same way and buncle them together (eg across the firewall above the exhaust). CAREFULLY cut off whatever tape is there and pack them all together into one tube of split loom and retape. I'm in the process of doing it at the moment, and there is no easy answer. Hen [Report message to a moderator]

IRA11Y
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Location:
sydney
Registered:
May 2002

Re: my engine bay	Sat, 26 June 2004 05:08

You could try doing something like this... unless of course you want it totaly hidden. this is tube stitched heat sheild, its not cheap to buy, cost me about $100 but then I primarily did it this way to keep heat of the loom from the extractors. I actually cut the stitching for the one on the main loom and sewed in a velcro edge so i can get to it whenever i need to. [Report message to a moderator]

Satoshi
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
August 2003

Re: My Engine Bay	Sat, 26 June 2004 05:50

skaney: yeah..original red. IRALLY: nice work.. btw..where's your leads located??? can u take more pics of your firewall and the fuse box/battery part? thanks guys for the inputs...well dont stop here...show me moreeeeeeeeeeeee....this is fun.. [Report message to a moderator]

Satoshi
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
August 2003

Re: My Engine Bay	Sat, 26 June 2004 05:53

btw if u see the 3rd picture i posted...what's that cylinder thingy (yellow and dark greyish) located at the firewall ?? anyone has a pic of their 4ag alternator? [Updated on: Sat, 26 June 2004 05:55] [Report message to a moderator]

ae95
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Location:
Perth, WA
Registered:
May 2003

Re: My Engine Bay	Sat, 26 June 2004 06:12

My engine bay [Updated on: Sat, 26 June 2004 06:51] [Report message to a moderator]

ae95
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Perth, WA
Registered:
May 2003

Re: My Engine Bay	Sat, 26 June 2004 06:24

This is a pic from my old car. Alternator is circled in red. My old car ran a 4ac crank pulley, water pump pulley and 4ac alternator. Looks like yours is a 4ac alternator too going by the skinnier belt. I can tell you thats its not a 4age alternator becuase it doesnt look anything like mine. what's that cylinder thingy (yellow and dark greyish) located at the firewall ?? what are you referring to? i cant see what your talking about? [Updated on: Sat, 26 June 2004 06:50] [Report message to a moderator]

Satoshi
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Location:
Adelaide
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August 2003

Re: My Engine Bay	Sat, 26 June 2004 06:41

what's that cylinder thingy (yellow and dark greyish) located at the firewall ?? what are you referring to? i cant see what your talking about?[/quote] a pic worth a thousand words [Report message to a moderator]