Wedge wiring tidyup

[mikeb]

Decided to tackle the wiring in the 450 for the last couple of weekends.

A complete mess, wires cut here there and everywhere, cable tied and taped all the looms up together tidy, now looks a lot more organised.

Also got fed up with the fuse / relay box banging around in the footwell. Purchased some double sided velco from Halfrauds (the kind that wraps around itself to stick ie. hooks on one side and eyes on the other side). Cut two one foot lengths and screwed these high up under the dashboard into the backing board on the bulkhead that has the hinges for the passenger footwell flap.

Managed to get the fusebox in between the velco and then wrapped the strips around the fusebox to hold it firmly - problem solved and you can easily release it to replace any fuses etc.

Also got fed up of the ECU and the footwell 'flap' coming down on the passengers legs when going over bumps etc. Purchased some Heavy duty 2inch wide sticky backed velcro (from Halfrauds again), stuck one side on the flap 'lip' and the other under the dashboard - problemo solved. Also stuck some under the ECU and stuck that to the flap so that doesent move around either.

Only trouble is the heavy duty velco has such a strong 'grab' that you may have trouble opening the footwell flap again to get at the fuses!.

Thank god for the space race.

MikeB

[The Colonel]

Been meaning to do the velcro thing with mine. - on the to do list.

Its got green plastic coated garden tying wire doing the job at the moment

[mikeb]

The extra strong velco comes in 1m lengths i had some left over and used it on the bottom of a Kenwood CD changer in the boot (used just the hook strip to stick straight onto the boot liner carpet) put the changer in slightly the wrong place - could not get the blinking thing back off again to re-adjust the position without a struggle - the velcro is good stuff.

MikeB

[grahamw48]

Huh, some of us can only dream of having a footwell flap.

(What's a footwell flap?)

[wedg1e]

grahamw48 said:

Huh, some of us can only dream of having a footwell flap. (What's a footwell flap?)

Strictly a later model addition Graham! It's a hinged flap that drops down from the bottom of the dash on the passenger side. On V8 cars the ECU is screwed to the back of it, and once hinged down it gives access to the relay panel. The fuses are in the glovebox, for some reason...

[chunder]

On mine the ECU is bolted pretty securely to the side of the passenger footwell - looks to have been there from new as carpet etc is all cut neatly around it and the footwell flap hides it from view.

I also had problems with the fuse / relay holder bouncing around. It looked like it originally had 4 posts attached to it that were screwed to the wooden backplate that is bolted through the bulkhead. I fitted four circular eyes into the original holes for the posts and used reversible cable ties to loop through these and round the fuse / relay holder, much like Mike I guess. It's now held solid but by unlocking the cable ties it can be pulled into the footwell.