who made the engine bay wiring loom?

[AirconAde]

Hi all

So did TVR make the engine loom or did they use a land rover loom.

I looks like a landy loom but just thought I would ask the question.

[GreenV8S]

It looks like a standard RR Classic loom (hence the yards of extra wiring) with a few bits tacked on by TVR for the connections to the road speed sensor, fuel pump circuit etc.

[cloggy]

When I visited the factory in Blackpool they had a department (A few ladies IIRC) that made looms.
They had a big board with nails on which they put the wires on one by one.

[cptsideways]

It was designed by someone with no concept of HEAT or its effects


Hence all those dodgy exposed cracked wires everywhere & dodgy damp starting

[V8 GRF]

I believe they used the local Italian restaurant

Seriously underbonnet is a modified LR one as mentioned above

[spend]

cloggy said:

When I visited the factory in Blackpool they had a department (A few ladies IIRC) that made looms.
They had a big board with nails on which they put the wires on one by one.

Hmm.. They may have done some, possibly just for development or even some isolated parts / modifications, but many parts of the loom have production labels which suggest they were outsourced...

Dave

[cloggy]

spend said:

cloggy said:

When I visited the factory in Blackpool they had a department (A few ladies IIRC) that made looms.
They had a big board with nails on which they put the wires on one by one.

Hmm.. They may have done some, possibly just for development or even some isolated parts / modifications, but many parts of the loom have production labels which suggest they were outsourced...

Dave

This was in 1994 when they did the looms in-house, I still have some photographs somewhere.

[spend]

Mines 93/94 manufacture and there are plenty of out-sourced loom segments, and most have Griff nomenclature on the labels

Dave

[GreenV8S]

I'm sure that much of the main vehicle loom will have been made in house, but the engine loom is completely separate and looks like a very slightly modified RR classic loom.

[AirconAde]

Cheers for the info chaps.
It confirms what I thought so I will be on the lookout for a rangie loom to replace my FUBAR one.

Ade

[crackedfinger]

These pop up on ebay all the time, quite cheap too. Could also contact one of th eemerald group buy lot as there are bound to be some that are swapping out the entire engine loom

[thegman]

dont forget to ensure your loom is compatible with the following:

lucas variable voltage electrity
lucas wiring smoke
lucas easy-earth

[AirconAde]

And there was me thinking that Lucas smoke had been dropped from the product range back in the eighties when they stopped the morris Ital although I have heard a rumour that a few maestaro 1.3's had it as an option!!!

[m4rk]

cloggy said:

spend said:

cloggy said:

When I visited the factory in Blackpool they had a department (A few ladies IIRC) that made looms.
They had a big board with nails on which they put the wires on one by one.

Hmm.. They may have done some, possibly just for development or even some isolated parts / modifications, but many parts of the loom have production labels which suggest they were outsourced...

Dave

This was in 1994 when they did the looms in-house, I still have some photographs somewhere.

I bought mine from the factory in 1994 and visited many times. I too remember seeing the TVR ladies making up wiring looms and swapping knitting patterns

Edited by m4rk on Monday 21st January 21:01

Edited by m4rk on Monday 21st January 21:02