It's lasted a fair time but the last time i took the inlet manifold it developed a mis-fire due to a wire comming a drift on one of the injectors. Too thick/stiff wire and quite a few connectors means the wiring had to be squeezed into the wiring conduit to get the lid back on, not good.
I could have just fixed the fault but i wasn't happy that the wiring might cause me a break down so i sourced a second hand loom from a Zoner(thanks Paul + Ian).
This post is more just for sharing than for a "how to guide", if you want a lesson in how to do wiring properly look at Brian/Ian/Dameon(sp?) posts !
This is how the loom started off, it needed stripping of all the stuff i didn't need like the diagnostic/service port, ECU plug and big gromet thingy, relays, O2 sensor wiring, AFM wiring, etc, being carefull not too get snip happy with the wire cutters !
I thought it would be a good idea to take my manifold off to give me some more elbow room and the old wiring had to come off any way.
Undoing the conduit allen key, admire the old loom
Pry off the injector rubber boot
Undo the clip and repeat for the other injectors
With the rubber boots and clips out of the way the conduit can be lifted enough to allow access to those pesky wire clips on the injector plugs, keep a close eye on them as they are easy to lose. I used a bradawl and a small slot head screw driver to remove the clips, not ideal but it worked.
Conduit out the way so i can now get to the inlet manifold bolts
With the manifold off i admire my nuckle wrash
Back to the wiring loom, removed all the covering tape so i can get to see where all the wires go.
Taking the ECU plug apart ready to snip the wire
Ecu plug and relays removed
As it's been a few years since i had a standard loom it took some head scratching to figure out what all the plugs are for, top plug oil pressure sensor, bottom one was ICV i think ?
Some more head scratching sorting the C101(?) conector out as some of the wires were different to my old one, trace the wires back to see what they are for and weather they are needed, if not they get snipped and insulated so the ends stay under the rubber boot where they have a better chance of staying dry.
See if the weather is dry tomorrow so i can carry on, i havn't driven my car for a few weeks so i want it done !
