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Post Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:32 pm

i'm fitting my m30 loom but have noticed that there are no live wires where the m40 ones were is this usual? the m40 loom has two live wires that connect to the battery terminal can't find the mon the m30 one

also how much of a pain is it to get the loom through the bulkhead?
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Post Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:34 pm

i used a m20 loom on my m30 so the ecu sat where it should. its just a case of extending a few wires like afm a icv wires. a looked really neat :P
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Post Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:36 pm

alrady got the m30 loom just a bit confused how to get the alternator power leads etc through
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Post Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:35 am

do i need these plugs at all i know some people have removed them completley
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also i'm guesing that these two relays need to be outside the car in the engine bay
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Post Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:01 pm

anyone?
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Post Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:54 pm

right i've cut the four plugs off do i need to chase the wires back into the ecu plug etc?
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Post Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:57 pm

The 2 plugs I've left in the car hanging around, and the 2 relays are bolted by my battery. :cool:
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Post Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:59 pm

the plugs that i cut off were for an auto box so were not needed just chasedthem through the loom lol the relays are sitting next to the battery at the minute
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Post Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:06 pm

Is that the loom you got from me mate?
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Post Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:15 pm

gooner1 wrote:Is that the loom you got from me mate?
yeah its the very same mate
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Post Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:26 pm

Got that from ebay, the coont described it as a manual loom.
Apologies mate. :o:
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Post Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:28 pm

not a problem i think all the looms are the same to be honest rob these plugs just seemed to be left unplugged :D