Radiator fan problem has lead me to find this.

[Cokes]

While trying to free up my sticky windows. Going down is fine, going up gets jammed and I have to pull the window to make it shut. A work in progress. But while testing I put the ignition on and the cooling fans came on (un-run cold car). While finding the thermostat I went looking for the relay and found this

Is it normal to have all these fuses, connectors and relays just laying about back there ?

Taking door cards off to refurbish had lead to window mechanisms fixing which in turn lead to cooling fans and finally to a lot of wires looking out of place. My OCD is going nuts

[phillpot]

A TVR is not the car to own if you have OCD


..... and yes, they're all like that!

[Cokes]

Luckily I also like a challenge

[jamienshelly]

That is quite neat,The amount of spaghetti in our footwell 2 years ago was amazing, I was amazed i didn't find an old phone charger and a scart lead in there

[Cokes]

With there being space in the relay/fuse box has anyone added this lot to it ?

Edited by Cokes on Thursday 13th November 19:33

[portzi]

That ECU has had a battering from something all the black coating has come off?

[Cokes]

The space it is in I'm not surprised. Must have been rattling about with no padding round it.

[EGB]

Check all earthing points first. Chassis, fan earths and one in transmission tunnel. ECU looks like its been wet sometime for paint to scale.

[QBee]

portzi said:

That ECU has had a battering from something all the black coating has come off?

.......or the battery has leaked

[saml666]

Looks a lot like moisture has caused the paint to come off ... causes all manner of other issues also.

During my rebuild, I moved the fuseboard behind the passenger seat (searching will reveal plenty of how-tos), mounted the ECU properly off the floor and generally tidied up, cleaned connections etc.

Even now it's still less tidy than a modern car, but you'd expect that right? As said above, not a good car if you have OCD!

I don't have any water ingress issues anymore, but knowing everything is secured and out of harms way is a good feeling!

Cheers,
Sam

[Cokes]

No other issues have been found and it got a full test doing 400 miles home when I picked it up. Also there is no dampness in or around that area now so I'm guessing and fingers crossed it's an old problem that has since been cured.

I do like the idea of moving the electrics to behind the seat. Is there anything inperticular to watch out for when doing it ?

Thanks
Colin

[Hedgehopper]

The design of the loom installation on top of the battery wasn't one of TVR's finest moments!

If you haven't got air con you can cut out the two yellow connectors and also the green and black one, this will help free up the tangle.

The only ones that you would generally need access to are the two silver relays for the fuel pump and the ECU. Also the small black plastic box that contains the 80 amp fuseboard supply fuse. The small white 5 pin socket is for a fault code reader.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[spend]

I've moved the fan relays to the nose cone on a few cars. This makes room in the fusebox so that ECU and starter (bypass load on immob) relays+fuses will fit in there.

Howver, not really a job to embark on unless you are prepared to spend hours working out the fuse/relay arrangements in the fusebox, and have faith in your ability (a small fuse connecting the battery to the car is always a wise safety precaution before testing the full 600A ).

[marcus1875]

Told you to get a Wedge. At least you knew what to expect with them and how to sort them. Remember this when sorting out the wiring mess in mine!

Marcus

[Cokes]

I know it's slightly different but I'm an electrician to trade so I'm not a fan of wiring out of place. I'm sure someone will tell me again that this is not the car for me but for me this is what made me fall for the TVR's originally, there quirkiness and plenty puzzles to solve.

I can't thank you all enough for the help again and thank you Marcus for reminding me of the loom from hell

[saml666]

Cokes said:

I do like the idea of moving the electrics to behind the seat. Is there anything inperticular to watch out for when doing it ?

Sorry for the slow reply, only just saw this ... maybe not to watch out for as such, it's not a tiny job though. In brief it's passenger seat out, carpet off side of transmission tunnel, unwrap loom to fusebox so you can lay it flat under the carpet and mount the fusebox.

I'll try and dig out pics of mine, I made a hinged all cover that clamps the fusebox in the cubby hole behind the seat.

Cheers,
Sam

[Cokes]

Thanks Sam, I never imagined it was a job for just an evening but I'm now thinking I'd need to set a good bit more time aside for it.