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I'm extending the wiring loom on my M30 conversion for a factory (ish) finish. My question is in the loom there are thick grey cables with two smaller wires inside surrounded by exposed wire ( a bit like a shielded cable) going to the engine sensors, can I use 3 suitable cables instead or has it been done like this to act as a sheild?

Any help much appreciated

charlie

It's been done like that to act as a shield me thinks.

You can get shielded wire from Maplin and the likes though so it shouldn't be a problem to replace the original, did mine in blue!

I like blue

Turbo-Brown wrote:It's been done like that to act as a shield me thinks.

You can get shielded wire from Maplin and the likes though so it shouldn't be a problem to replace the original, did mine in blue!

I like blue

That's what I thought just wanted to get it confirmed, I've got loads of different wire but none like this Maplins here I come, cheers dude

charlie

The sheilding strands are just earthed to remove any static, when I extended mine I made the cut after where the earthing starts if that makes sense

DanThe wrote: when I extended mine I made the cut after where the earthing starts if that makes sense

What??

Are you saying you only extended the two inner wires?

Can't find any suitable cable in Maplin either

Yup

Only one join though, I cut an ECU plug with about 300-400mm of wire from a breaker

Yeah, Maplin's online thing is gay and doesn't show their whole stock!

You can either go into a store and ask for the stuff, or do what I lazily did and buy an XLR microphone lead which is two core+shielded and perfect for CPS applications

EDIT> Sorry, at a mate's house logged in as him but didn't realise Cheers! Alex.

I did wonder about some of the audio cables..
Problem now solved as stupidly I forgot about my spare E38 M30 engine, I couldn't use the ECU plug from it but it did have enough of the exact cable to do the job

Pity it's now bloody raining

Cheers chaps

charlie

lol, I was wondering where that rain went