Fuse box

[gus]

What sensors were they for Peter?

The loom can be broken down quite easily. Looking at it Ford made a basic lights / engine bay loom, and then all the other options are then plugged into it.

Might not be the case for all Fords, but my donor certainly makes it look like this is the case.

Mark

[Peter-C]

Sorry Deezee to hijack the thread but in response to Gus, the last engine that I worked on was a 1600crossflow, only things like oil pressure, ignition light etc. My engine is a 1.8 CVH, so when I traced wires to the air cleaner, various hoses and manifolds I thought do I need most of this or just the essentials ?
It'll be a while before I get round to the electrics so seeing the thread just bought the cold sweats back.

Peter

[Matthew]

My donor was a 2.0L Ghia with fuel injection and ABS so I think I probably have the most bloated wiring loom in existence. Took me nearly a day to strip the various parts from the car and lay them all out, then another day to separate everything. I've pulled the loom completely to bits and removed all the unnecessary wires - some things like the indicators were bundled together with the power windows and central locking which I don't think I'll be needing. After stripping out the bits I didn't need I taped it back roughly together to keep things tidy.

I'm not at the stage of putting it into the car yet, but like most things It's just a case of being methodical and checking everything as you go along.

I do have an electronics background though, and many moons ago spend a couple of weeks on a course that taught how to build looms to military spec so regard the wiring as one of the simpler tasks.


Matt

[deezee]

I think I'm convinced. I'll spend a day with the loom cutting out all the crap. I fully marked up the loom before I stripped it from the car, so it should go OK

[gus]

Peter,

Your using the same engine as me. You basically wont loose any wiring from the engine related sensors, unless you are doing away with the Ford engine module that controls the ignition.

The wiring in the engine bay isn't that bad as it is all needed. It is only the internal car circuits you will be able to get rid of.

Mark

[Spikehaus]

I am going to hijack this thread as I am about to locate my original sierra loom.What I am looking for is the mounting of the fuse box on the bulkhead and where the cable enter the engine. Do you run the loom through the transmission tunnel?

Any photos appreciated as I have a weekend of spaghetti to play with I have any hope of getting the engine running by Xmas!

[axle]

After a few attempts and looking at giant wiring loom and few panics
I saved myself the headache and used www.premierwiring.co.uk They made a brand new loom for me a new fuse box.