im going to be doing a turbo conversion on my 3i, and was wondering how different are the the looms as in could i rewire it myself or would it be easier to get a turbo loom, its a question thats bugged me for ages, ive built a whole rs turbo from a shell but the loom(fidlely bit) was already there, and is there anywhere i can buy the original ford plugs from

 

anybody help :-( i spent most of the night matching up the 2 diagrams(xr3i mfi k jetronic and the rs ke jetronic) got 95% sorted what to do but still think its a lot of hassel, wheres the best place to buy a new loom or decent rewired 1

 

TBH I'd go for an RST loom and rewaire your car. It's pretty straightforward then, but obviously means dash + interior completely out to do it.

 

you only need the dash out and the rear passenger door card to feed the loom through to the rear lights
the door looms should just unplug and plug straight back into the rs loom to work your windows and central locking

 

oh ok then ill do that, might be getting a loom tuesday, how easy is it to test it and what are the tell tall signs for a fried loom

 

you would need a probe that fires a current up it and a test light abd go through every wire

 

cool thank u guys also can i still buy the plugs from ford as the cold start and black plug for the meteing unit is cracked

 

buy a s2 loom or it will never be right

 

wicked m8 i was trying to keep it stock looking as my xr3 has windy windows, ill just ahve to get the door card and motor, jano have you got any new or decent looms

 

Keep the windy windows if you want just leave the plug unplugged for the leccy ones and pull the fuse out thats what ive done with my estate then if you fancy putting them in at a later date you just fit the gubbings and plug it back in.

mark.

 

also the electric windo looms and central locking looms and electric mirror looms are separate looms that plug into main loom so could be removed before hand or you may find they don't come with loom anyway

 

hello mate i have a complete rs turbo loom which i am planning to remove this weekend let me know if you are intrested on 07970356122 location heathrow airport but can post with ecus that u will require.