Extending washer bottle wiring

[eltax91]

Hi all

I've supercharged my mx5. And as a consequence ive had to remove the washer bottle. Mot coming up so need to sort it.

The common solution is to purchase a 'scuttle' washer bottle that is made by fast5 and sits in the drivers side scuttle. I have purchased one and fitted it, along with some pipe work and I have fitted a generic washer pump I bought online.

So, the current wiring is in the pax side of the engine bay. It's a short 2-3" cable with a multi plug each side, one for the loom and the other end for the pump. So far so good.

Now, I need to extend the reach of that wiring, so I've ordered some 2mm cable online. Do I need to just chop into the wiring and solder in an extension length? Or, with these plugs, is it possible to remove the wiring and reuse them somehow?

Sorry for the dumb question but I've never had to do much with wiring before.

[selym]

Personally, I'd cut and trim back both bare ends (after removing the wire from the car), solder a suitable length in and heat shrink the entire length. I know all too painfully about trying to recycle plugs and sockets; my hamfistedness usually causes them to break!

[miniman]

Agreed, I'd be amazed if you can successfully dismantle the connectors and reassemble them later. Solder and heatshrink the individual wires, then heatshrink over the whole lot would be my approach. Don't forget to slide the heatshrink over before you solder!

[Sensibleboy]

Obviously I've not seen your multi plugs but it often just needs a paperclip or flattened split pin to push back the barb on the terminal to take them apart. It's much neater if you can get new terminals rather than soldering and heat shrinking.

[steveo3002]

either way will work , id have a look online and see if i can find the proper terminals and do a nicer job of it

[selym]

My experience is with manipulating the pins, generally they are soldered with gossamer and either the pins will snap or bend, or the soldered joint will fail when trying to slide the pins out of the body.
Unless of course you already have the tool for that specific job, in which case it is a simple job.

[eltax91]

Thanks all. Ordered some heat shrink to try and make a decent stab of soldering it.

[Yabu]

Wouldn't bother with soldering, just use heat shrink and thru crimps, or heat shrink thru crimps.