Alternate Fuse box locations

[Cerberus90]

Anyone got any opinions/ideas on good alternate locations for the fuse box on a Taimar.

It's going to be quite a large blade fuse box, and also a bunch of relays too.


Initially, we're thinking in the passenger footwell, just below the air distribution thing, as there's a nice flat surface that should have enough room to mount everything, and is out of the way.

The body is currently fully stripped, so it's a little tricky to know what space will be available and/or accessible.

[pridaux]

Sounds sensible saw that set up on the V8 Tuscan sold at Silverstone seemed to make sense.

[Slow M]

There's an unused area, in my car, between the front bulkhead and the front of the door, next to the driver's leg. I'm probably to try to mount mine there, on a hinge. This weekend is when I have to make a decision on it, as well.

Best,
B.

[Cerberus90]

Slow M said:

There's an unused area, in my car, between the front bulkhead and the front of the door, next to the driver's leg. I'm probably to try to mount mine there, on a hinge. This weekend is when I have to make a decision on it, as well.

Best,
B.

Yeah, I saw that space, same on the passenger side, but then though, wait you'd have to screw through the wing and you'd have a screw out the side. Dad suggested fibreglassing a piece of wood in to screw it to.

If it's where I think, would you have the hinge on the front door frame bit, where the hinges bolt in?

pridaux said:

Sounds sensible saw that set up on the V8 Tuscan sold at Silverstone seemed to make sense.

Probably end up going there then, should work well, especially as someone else has chosen the same place,

[phillpot]

Cerberus90 said:

Initially, we're thinking in the passenger footwell, just below the air distribution thing,

That's my plan, when I get "around to it"

[Astacus]

Id like to see pictures of these installations. I am hoping to put in a fuse box on mine too (in a couple of years!)

[bluezeeland]

thb, not a great fan of the spaces in the footwell, any work there is a dog to reach ! If not too big would go for the space on top of the pedalbox in the engine bay(as long as flush with the height of the wings) If you feel so needed in a watertight box, with lid (know its a bit 'modernish')

btw; this is on your dads car, how did it go re the brakes ?

[Cerberus90]

hmmmmm, I'd really like to get the fuse and relays inside, partly for protection against the elements and partly to make the engine bay look neater.
It's going to be used a fair bit, probably almost a daily driver, so it can't go somewhere that might get knocked every time someone gets in/out.

I'm still thinking along the lines of underneath the air dist thing, although I think we'll leave the final decision till we can test fit the dash and switch panel etc, and see what sits where and what room is available.



With regards to the brakes, that's on my Dads 1600M (all the above is for the Taimar that we're rebuilding, which is going to be mine when it's done and I can afford it and the insurance, ). The 1600 hasn't been out since I was asking about the brakes, so we don't know if what we did has cured it or not. The cars don't get used much, , that's the problem with having 6 hours in the family,

[oldgeebee]

Over on the S forum, Philpott put a new fuse/relay box in the engine bay and used a watertight plastic cover to keep them dry - see here
Certainly gives easier access!

GB

[Cerberus90]

Looks a nice installation, although on the Taimar I think the heater box is going to be there.

Going to have to have a good look over the body when it's out of the garage in proper light, with proper room to walk around it and cleaned up inside.

And anyway, plenty of time to decide, the chassis and everything else is currently on its side in the garage all disassembled, and the engine we got for £14 hasn't got a camshaft and could do with stripping, and we haven't even got around to getting a gearbox yet, .


Just wanted something to do on it, as I've not got the patience for fibreglassing, so Dads doing that, and I started on the dash wiring, as I refused to keep the nasty old all black wiring,

[bluezeeland]

Ah, you're rebuilding a Taimar ! Would love that too, good luck, and keep us posted, please

[phillpot]

oldgeebee said:

.... put a new fuse/relay box in the engine bay....

And here it is finished, as said, no room there on a Taimar but perhaps drivers side

Cerberus90 said:

as I refused to keep the nasty old all black wiring

Are you using all the "correct" colours ?
I've been thinking of ways to simplify it,brown for constant live, red for switched live, blue for all lighting,etc. rather than have to buy so many colours and inevitably too little of some and too much of others.

[bluezeeland]

Phillpot: like that a lot, very nice !

[Cerberus90]

phillpot said:

Are you using all the "correct" colours ?
I've been thinking of ways to simplify it,brown for constant live, red for switched live, blue for all lighting,etc. rather than have to buy so many colours and inevitably too little of some and too much of others.

Not sure whether I'll be using two colour wires, depends on whether I can find the right ones for the right price.


As I'm going to be re-doing the entire loom, I'll most likely make up my own wiring diagram, and I'm hoping to be able to simplify stuff as I'm sure TVR put more wires than necessary in with what it looks like,


I've already started with the dash, which I'm going to use a multi-way connector to enable the dash to be removed if necessary, and it should also make fitting it easier too, and it means I can wire the dash up nice, and not have to worry about getting the right length for wires like temp sender and tacho, which have to go off out the cabin, I can just put everything to the plug, and then wire up the other end to the other side of the plug, making it easier.

[moluag]

Passenger footwell installation in Tuscan V6

[phillpot]

Cerberus90 said:

Not sure whether I'll be using two colour wires, depends on whether I can find the right ones for the right price.

Huge range of colours and trace colours here, only few pence per metre but soon starts to "add up" especially when you over-estimate rather than risk running out !

Like the idea of the multi-plug

[Cerberus90]

moluag said:

Passenger footwell installation in Tuscan V6

Now that's how I'd love it to look.


Thanks for the link phillpot.

Just had an idea, maybe colour-coded wire could be used from switch to fuse/relay, and then the main feeds from relay/fuse to the actual item like headlight, sidelights or indicator could be done with just single colour wire.

[Astacus]

moluag said:

Passenger footwell installation in Tuscan V6

Lovely neat installation. I may pinch that idea!!

[millwap]

If it helps, when I rewired my Taimar a few years back, I used the "Lucas" wiring colours rather than trying to define a scheme of my own. If nothing else, it's a common standard to follow which should hopefully make it easier for future owners/ users to track down potential problems or faults.

This link http://www.dimebank.com/LucasColours.html details all of the different colours and their purposes.

This link http://www.triumphspitfire.com/images/wiring/78dia... gives a wiring diagram for a Triumph Spitfire (which from a wiring point of view is pretty similar) and brings the colour scheme to life.

[Astacus]

millwap said:

If it helps, when I rewired my Taimar a few years back, I used the "Lucas" wiring colours rather than trying to define a scheme of my own. If nothing else, it's a common standard to follow which should hopefully make it easier for future owners/ users to track down potential problems or faults.

This link http://www.dimebank.com/LucasColours.html details all of the different colours and their purposes.

This link http://www.triumphspitfire.com/images/wiring/78dia... gives a wiring diagram for a Triumph Spitfire (which from a wiring point of view is pretty similar) and brings the colour scheme to life.

Thanks Millwap, that Spitty wiring diagram is really useful.