Wiring Near Fuse Box

[clarko74]

Afternoon all and happy new year,

The new site is looking good, especially the banner at the top featuring my E30!

That photo was taken during a marathon rust repair session last year, I have since put the car back together, running and moted, however there are a few electrical issues that have crept in following the repairs. One of them is a lack of power to the stereo, I have traced this back to the part of the loom that passes through the bulkhead to the fuse box. I think that although we protected the wiring as best we could that when the welding was done in that area that some of the wiring has been damaged.

Therefore, how do I go about fixing this? I assume that if I want to get access to this part of the loom I will have to remove the whole loom from inside the cabin so that I can remove the fuse box and pull through the bulkhead to access it? If there is a simpler way then I would like to know? I know that for the stereo power I can just take a supply from elsewhere but I want to get to the bottom of what is wrong and investigate the damage that has been done to avoid any shorting out or other problems that may occur here.

Cheers,

Adrian

[ChrisHC]

Removing the loom is a major undertaking, can you not just carefully strip the insulation off the outside of the loom in the area where you suspect damage may have been caused? It is difficult to imagine that the individual cables in the loom could have been damaged by welding heat without significant damage to the outside of the loom, unlike heat generated electrically by an overload. Could the power cable for the stereo have been shorted out during your repairs? Was the battery disconnected?

[Contours]

You could power the unit directly to the battery until you find the problem as a temporary fix. I found in my car that at some stage a stereo installer had connected the radio memory to the hazard switch which provided a permanent live for the unit. While I have since sorted this I recall there being no problem at the time with that set up.

[Steve]

The new site is looking good, especially the banner at the top featuring my E30!

Hi Adrian, glad you like it I sent you a PM about it back in November.

I just looked and It's still sitting in my outbox if you want to check it out.