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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 08:33 PM
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Right i've been a spaz and forgotton where my reversing light switch connects into the main loom I've connected the extension loom from the grearbox up, but i can't see where this plugs into the main car loom? Is it inlet side or exhaust side?
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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 10:30 PM
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Mine is a 2wd sapphire so maybe different but it's on the inlet side of the engine for definite. I think from memory, it's against the bulkhead by the corner of the battery tray? If not, it's a part of the engine loom. That sounds odd but to explain, I'm just about finishing re-building mine from a stripped rolling shell, and I used my old engine loom from my prior cossie. Before re-fitting it I had the loom tested and re-wrapped in different colour tape, and I clearly remember the reverse switch wire being re-wrapped in the same colour. And it was only the engine loom and one earth strap I replaced so therefore it is definitely either part of the engine loom (by that I mean the wiring that goes through the large rubber grommet in the bulkhead, that the ECU plug goes through, as I removed the loom complete with grommet) or up by the battery tray as a seperate wire to the loom.
Hope that makes sense after all that! Have tried to find a pic showing it but no luck yet.
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 08:12 AM
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100% inlet side, with a massive connector, with two very thin looking lonely wires in it, the connector looks to be about a 6-8 wire connector but uses only the two wires, I had to move mine yesterday when bolting my hydraulic bleed fitting to the old clutch cable hole, as it was in the way.
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 04:28 PM
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I thought it was over that side, i'll just have to look harder lol
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Old Apr 17, 2011 | 11:16 AM
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should've gone to specsavers :-p
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Old Apr 18, 2011 | 08:51 AM
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True
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