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Title: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: TheBoy on 29 March 2016, 14:34:23
Small cable needs to go from behind dash into engine bay.

Where is best place to go through?
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: Kevin Wood on 29 March 2016, 14:38:14
Depends if it's the one with the cable throttle or not.
If DBW, there's a handy blanking grommet where the cable used to be.
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: TheBoy on 29 March 2016, 14:47:54
Depends if it's the one with the cable throttle or not.
If DBW, there's a handy blanking grommet where the cable used to be.
Its the superior engine, so some pratt has put a throttle cable through there :(
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: Kevin Wood on 29 March 2016, 15:37:07
Poke it through the big grommets in the pollen filter area, I guess.

Although.. is there a brown crusty bit on the bulkhead you can poke a hole through? :-X
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: Shackeng on 29 March 2016, 16:23:41
Poke it through the big grommets in the pollen filter area, I guess.

Although.. is there a brown crusty bit on the bulkhead you can poke a hole through? :-X

That's what I used. :y
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: zirk on 29 March 2016, 16:38:30
Open window, open bonnet, feed cable, job done.  :)
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: Tick Tock on 29 March 2016, 16:39:29
There's probably more brown crusty bits in the bulkhead area than you might think!!! You'll be spoilt for choice with an Omega  :y
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: TheBoy on 29 March 2016, 17:05:01
Poke it through the big grommets in the pollen filter area, I guess.

Although.. is there a brown crusty bit on the bulkhead you can poke a hole through? :-X
Ideally wanted a shorter run.  Suppose I'll have to have a poke around.

And, being the superior MFL model, the only rust is on the bodyshell ;D
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: 05omegav6 on 29 March 2016, 17:25:31
Poke it through the big grommets in the pollen filter area, I guess.

Although.. is there a brown crusty bit on the bulkhead you can poke a hole through? :-X
Ideally wanted a shorter run.  Suppose I'll have to have a poke around.

And, being the superior MFL model, the only rust is on the bodyshell ;D
Think you'll find the bulkhead is a critical bodyshell component ::)

Just off to the right of the throttle cable is another loom run ;)
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: TheBoy on 29 March 2016, 18:25:41
Rain stopped play (not that play started ;D)
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: Lazydocker on 29 March 2016, 21:12:39
Either as HKT says or, iIIRC, there is enough space in the throttle cable grommet to squeeze another cable through :-\

Failing that... Follow where we poked the LPG wires through ::)
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: 05omegav6 on 29 March 2016, 21:36:45
Pop the scuttle off and follow the brakefluid/coolant sensor   
loom back towards the dash :y
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: Andy B on 29 March 2016, 21:44:27
I found a small blanking grommet underneath the large loom that passes through the bulkhead in the pollen filter housing on my MFL
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: 05omegav6 on 30 March 2016, 01:33:13
I found a small blanking grommet underneath the large loom that passes through the bulkhead in the pollen filter housing on my MFL
If you're going all the way over there, then you might as well pop it through with the rest of the loom ::)
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: Andy B on 30 March 2016, 08:50:33
I found a small blanking grommet underneath the large loom that passes through the bulkhead in the pollen filter housing on my MFL
If you're going all the way over there, then you might as well pop it through with the rest of the loom ::)

Just availing Jamie to all the options .....  :P  ;)
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: Kevin Wood on 30 March 2016, 09:05:50
Also wondering if there's any scope in feeding it through by the heater pipes? Might be possible to drill a small hole through the plate that the pipes pass through?
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: annihilator on 30 March 2016, 12:13:41
if you remove the pedal cover thingy on the drivers side and look up you should be able to get it through the grommet that the heater vac pipe to hbv goes through.
John.
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: Elite Pete on 30 March 2016, 16:55:32
You could always do a Tunnie ie Senator and lakes meet ::) ;D ;D
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: 05omegav6 on 30 March 2016, 16:58:48
You could always do a Tunnie ie Senator and lakes meet ::) ;D ;D
Drill a hole through the screen... ::)
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: Elite Pete on 30 March 2016, 17:12:05
You could always do a Tunnie ie Senator and lakes meet ::) ;D ;D
Drill a hole through the screen... ::)

Not that technical ;) ;D
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: TheBoy on 30 March 2016, 17:54:10
Wire installed. Went in alongside the LPG wiring, by the heater pipes.
Title: Re: Easiest way to get small cable from dash to engine bay
Post by: Elite Pete on 30 March 2016, 17:58:19
Wire installed. Went in alongside the LPG wiring, by the heater pipes.

You didn't fancy doing a Tunnie then :-\