Engine loom removal - ECU plug

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Post Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:59 pm

How in the name of all things religious are you supposed to get the ECU plug through the grommet in the bulkhead?

I'm currently contemplating Vas and brute force :x
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Post Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:14 pm

It does fit just have to fiddle.
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Post Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:16 pm

I've done 2 of these, you have to push it from the Battery tray end, I resorted to using a Bladed screwdriver, I think.
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Post Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:18 pm

TPS wrote:I done 2 of these, you have to push it from the Battery tray end, I resorted to using a Blades screwdriver, I think
I am taking it out.

I guess it is contortionist time to force it out from inside the car
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Post Sun Dec 09, 2012 6:30 pm

ECU plug through the grommet? Or ECU plug through the bulkhead hole the grommet sits in?
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Post Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:58 pm

DanThe wrote:ECU plug through the grommet? Or ECU plug through the bulkhead hole the grommet sits in?
Hmmm, good point :D The first one would be like trying to sh1t a pineapple.

The grommet should come out with the loom.
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Post Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:11 am

Grommet out it is.

Ta muchly