fuse box removal - help please!
14-05-2006, 02:02 PM
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fuse box removal - help please!
i need to remove my fuse box in my s2 to weld in a repair panel on the bulkhead underneath. i lifted fuse board out and can see the three screws that hold it in but in order to remove fuse board it looks like there's about 3 million wires to disconnect! has anyone welded one of these panels in and is there an easy way of seperating fuse board from car. looks a bit daunting to say the least 
any help would be really appreciated, cheers guys
any help would be really appreciated, cheers guys
14-05-2006, 02:27 PM
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sorry to say it mate,but its gonna be a loom out job. there is no easy way,but this would be the quickest. whip the dash out,then its straight forward job........... if you get stuck in,you would have the loom out (including the dash) in under an hour. 
hmmm not a small job then, thanks for your reply
14-05-2006, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by rightstuff
sorry to say it mate,but its gonna be a loom out job. there is no easy way,but this would be the quickest. whip the dash out,then its straight forward job........... if you get stuck in,you would have the loom out (including the dash) in under an hour.
As said though it is a loom out job
14-05-2006, 04:23 PM
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i think i'm gonna split the repair panel in two halves through the hole and carefully weld it together with the loom in situ. not ideal i know but fook taking dash and loom out - cheers anyway
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14-05-2006, 04:43 PM
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I think you will find taking the dash and loom out easier to be honest, its not at all difficult, just time consuming being careful.
You will be pissed if you melt the loom cos then you have to remove it anyway!!
You will be pissed if you melt the loom cos then you have to remove it anyway!!
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Originally Posted by Zetecfiesta
bugger got to do the same on mine! feel like crying now cause ive actually got to drive it to the welders!
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if you've got the right tools it can be done in an hour. If your not sure,then take your time mate.you will find that the bolts/screws you take out are all slightly different and therefore easy to remember where they go. THERES NO WAY I WOULD WELD IT IN TWO PLACES
if you melt it you will have major probs.ie if you get another loom,then most have been butchered with alarms and sound systems etc etc. WORST OF ALL they could have a wiring fault and youve then got extra probs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally you would probably find it QUICKER to whip the loom out than BODGE IT UP.
DO IT RIGHT FIRST TIME ROUND AND THE PROBLEM WONT COME BACK
if you melt it you will have major probs.ie if you get another loom,then most have been butchered with alarms and sound systems etc etc. WORST OF ALL they could have a wiring fault and youve then got extra probs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally you would probably find it QUICKER to whip the loom out than BODGE IT UP.
DO IT RIGHT FIRST TIME ROUND AND THE PROBLEM WONT COME BACK
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