Do I get the Bushmechanix Award for 2009?
Submitted: Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 15:54
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Willem
Further to post 64684..............................
I decided that I had better tidy up the whole schemozzle and got stuck into it this morning. Shortened a few overlength cables, slipped some black PVC pipe over the solenoid to battery cable and slid some larger PVC pipe over the cables (now tied with cable ties) to stop wiring rubbing on various parts of the engine.
I even reconnected all the right cables to the right terminals...lol
Methinks it looks a lot better now.
Thanks for all your kind advice in the previous post :-)
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Cheers
Reply By: Gramps (NSW) - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 15:57
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 15:57
Looks like the inside of a Toorak Tractor now LOL
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:54
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:54
Not with all the body dints!!
Cheers
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Reply By: Member - Footloose - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 16:12
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 16:12
Willem, what a change ! But...however are you going to trace which wire goes where now ?
HNY.
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:55
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:55
I know, more or less....lol
HNY
Cheers
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Reply By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 16:54
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 16:54
But what about the heat build up in those tightly bunched wires ? Hope they don't melt :-))
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:56
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:56
Same goes for the Main Wiring Harness
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Reply By: Member No 1- Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 16:56
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 16:56
slacko....U could have least colour coded it to match the red wires
u also need some red sleeving for the white wire which attaches to the red wire...or is that a red wire which attaches to the white wire
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:57
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:57
Do I?
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Follow Up By: Member - Damien L (QLD) - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 20:22
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 20:22
Can't colour code, poor Willem is colour blind!!
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Follow Up By: Willem - Saturday, Jan 03, 2009 at 00:24
Saturday, Jan 03, 2009 at 00:24
Who are you? Damien L
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Reply By: Member - Rob S (NSW) - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 17:03
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 17:03
Murphy's law you will now have some electrical fault and have to undo all your nice handy work to find the fault!
Rob
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:58
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:58
Nah, no Irish blood in me. Murphy doesn't come this way.
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Reply By: Member - Ian W (NSW) - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 17:09
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 17:09
Sigh!
Gee Willem, just doesn't have the same character.
Ian
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:47
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:47
Too flash, eh?
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Follow Up By: Member - Ian W (NSW) - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 20:52
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 20:52
Yer turning into a "toff", I can tell!
You'll be one of them blokes that wants port holes in their coffins.
Ian
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Reply By: Member - Axle - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 17:42
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 17:42
Willem,! Wheres all them goddamn wires going??.
Your rig is starting to resemble the electrical look of a landrover Discovery!!!....hahahahahah.
Cheers Axle.
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:53
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:53
Axle
Umm...now let me see
Dual battery cables
UHF
Inverter
PDA
GPS
Engel
Battery Isolator and inline switch
Low water alarm
Digital Temperature gauge
MP3 player
240v power wire( 2 strands only) to rear
Cheers
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Reply By: autosparky - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:12
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:12
its starting to look a little better but not much at least things cant chafe on sharp/ metallic ojects. i
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:59
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:59
There ya go, a compliment from a professional . Thanks
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:55
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:55
I can't see the fuseable links anywhere though. What happens if one of the wires breaks the insulation between the battery and the firewall and touches a negative? Kerpuffffff..... and warm as toast
I am amazed getting this through from
Coopers Creek camping area in the Thompson Valley Victoria. On a 'pay as you go' Next G modem.
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:57
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:57
Looking again I do see some fuses. Sorry Bro.
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Reply By: Richard Kovac - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:14
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:14
You want to be careful that heavy tubing doesn't wear the fuel filter bracket away.. :-)
Cheers
Richard
please forward onto Mike O as seen above...
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:15
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 18:15
Sorry Mick I ment mike... arrr Mick O....
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 19:03
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 19:03
Yerr.............................never thought of that!
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 19:16
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 19:16
Sorrryyy
it was a smartass reply to your last post
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Eric Experience replied:
Willem.
Please go out immediately and place some conduit over that heavy wire going to the solenoid., if it rubs through on the fuel filter you will lose the vehicle in flames. please do it now. Eric.
Cheers
R & R Kovac
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 19:30
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 19:30
Yes, I hope Eric is happy, now.....lol
Cheers
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Follow Up By: 96 GXL 80 series - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 20:16
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 20:16
Hope the sharp ends of the PVC pipe don't cut through the wiring and cause a fire or problem.
Should get some of that flexible Wiring cover from an Auto elec or S/Cheap so it will flex with the cables.
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Follow Up By: Eric Experience - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:04
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:04
Willem.
You are a champion, We can sleep better now. Eric
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Reply By: Grungle - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 21:52
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 21:52
If you had some time on your hands you could have something like this:
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I wish I had the skills to do a neat job like that.
Regards
David
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:09
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:09
David
It is nice to see good workmanship. or woman
Cheers
Richard
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Follow Up By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:27
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:27
Yep, very neat.....so far!!! In the bottom photo, there are 4 more relays up the top corner....once those little babies have the wiring to/from them, it's gunna start to look like a spagetti bowl (maybe).
Roachie
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Follow Up By: Willem - Saturday, Jan 03, 2009 at 00:39
Saturday, Jan 03, 2009 at 00:39
Shhheeeesh!!!
Thats too plurry fancy for me but thanks for posting it
Cheers
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Reply By: Member - Michael J (SA) - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:10
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:10
Maaate,
That is soooo neat,
S'pose you are going to wash n polish the beast now..
and blacken the MRF's.......lol lol
Cheers
Michael
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Follow Up By: Willem - Saturday, Jan 03, 2009 at 00:40
Saturday, Jan 03, 2009 at 00:40
Yerrrrr...
young fella
You'll keep
LOL
Cheers
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Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:22
Friday, Jan 02, 2009 at 22:22
Damn the rats will be homeless again.
Where did u get the digital water temp gauge and is it square or round. Also a rough price
Thanks a lot
Graham
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Follow Up By: Willem - Saturday, Jan 03, 2009 at 00:46
Saturday, Jan 03, 2009 at 00:46
Graham
Maybe I should undo it all again. We wouldn't want homeless rats!!
The Digital Water Temp Gauge I am testing for a supplier who is thinking of adding it to his range of things that he makes. So its a prototype. No idea of cost.
I expect testing to be complete by the end of January.
Remind me towards that time and I will give you an update. You can buy similar units on Ebay for around $150
Cheers
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Reply By: Member - Bradley- Monday, Jan 05, 2009 at 14:36
Monday, Jan 05, 2009 at 14:36
Ever heard of a "bus bar" Willie?
You can even get them real flash ones with inbuit fuses at each point.
Dont want you losing all power when you have to disconnect one of those babies, cause you know it will be the one at the bottom of that stack.
Not to mention all that resistance from those stack 'o' connectors.
When's your birthday? I'll send you up a pack of cable ties :-)
Righto, better get my smart a..e out of here, cheers mate.
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