LC100 loose wires and CB wiring query

That black wire that exits a black box and hangs might be an antenna for your remote central locking/immobiliser?

Gday Mike

I fed my wires straight to the battery, that way I always get a good permenent connection, wiring up the radio , also depends on whether you want it key operated all not, get yourself a simple power tester a pen like screwdriver with a light in it , push it into wires if it lights up its a power lead.

Regarding your coax, it dont matter which side it comes out of the firewall, which ever is the easiest for you'

that wire hanging loose , I would say is for your remote to your imobilizer

Clive

Mike,
On my last 2 4WD vehicles, (currently 100 TD) I have run a positive wire straight from the auxillary battery to a fuse block (blade type with 6 or 8 outlets fron Auto 1 or similar) hidden under the dash on the passenger side. Once this is hooked up you have a very easy point to pick up power for accessories like UHF, GPS, car phone, etc.
The benefits are:
*you only need to run 1 power wire through the firewall
*you can leave the accessories on without the ignition on (& not flatten your start battery)
*easy access to fuses for each accessory
*neat and tidy and quick
*no need to mess around trying to find a suitable power supply
If you hook up a phone car kit you will usually also have to find an ignition wire (i usually use the cig lighter) to hook up also, as they usually require both power all the time and an ign connection.
As for running the aerial wires, I can't remember which one I used but I think the answer is whichever one is the easiest to access from both sides. I recall having to push mine through towards the edge of the grommet as I think in the centre there was like a double layer which was difficult to push through, worked fine. Just push a stiff wire through the grommet and tape your wires to it, then pull through from the inside.

Just on another note, can anyone tell me if the current model L/C 100 TD has a radio mute wire which can be hooked up to a car phone kit.

Hope this is of some assistance.

Cheers, Stuart

Run an earth to the nearest bolt to the car body you can find, then run another wire out the firewall with your coax to a fuse then the direct to the battery. (aux bat if you have one, otherwise to the starter).
CB shouldn't be hooked up to your accessories, you want it on all the time when out bush and even if you leave it on 24/7 it would take weeks and weeks to flattern your battery.