underbonnet wiring on cossies a mess any ideas
 

looking around the engine bay in the saff ,and what a mess ford made of the wiring ,it justs seems to be all over the place .now i know they made these cars to make some dosh but it just looks like they threw the loom at it .

has anyone tidied up/rerouted the wiring in their bays ?pics would be great:top:

any help/info appreciated :god:

There isn't any way of making it neat really :cry:

This is my effort

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I've an aftermarket engine and fan loom.

Home on wednesday james, and i will be calling up to see my chum who got his sapphire cossie engine bay wire tucked 2 years ago, by the guy who has the moonstone blue transit cosworth on mk1 focus rs rims. Done a real fantastic job on my mates cossie!

Will get a contact number or info etc if you want?

Don't know why Ford couldn't of run the "Injector" loom underneath the Plenum, rather than above, would of looked a lot better...
Yours looks neat Paul! :)

everything in your engine bay paul is so big you cant see the wiring lol.:cry:

great engine bay paul :DD:

that would be great john thanks :clap:


yes exactly my point a few simple changes would have made a big difference

Sure most of mine is standard, bar the breather tank really lol. If you are looking better photos of what way i've done the wiring i'll take some at the weekend?

It's not as neat as I'd like yet, but that mostly the bits nobody can see :cry:

I thought the same about the injector loom, which is exactly why i ran my injector loom under the rail and plenum as much as possible.

The only thing that put me off trying to re route mine underneath, but was worried if I bent my loom around too much, it would probably break!
Plus, I assume you'd need to lengthen the feed to each injector and I can't solder for shit! Lol

True, the standard looms go quite hard over time lol. Breaking a wire is very likely :cry:

that would be good paul cheers :grin:

the wiring down the drivers side chasis leg and running across the bulkhead annoys the tits off me :cry:

Pet hate of mine on sapphires... Engine bay of mine is a mess and it drives me mad looking at it... A escos is far neater with the larger bulkhead plastic it hides most of it..... BTW got that news today James i was waiting on ill ring you tomorrow :ban-split:

thats great mate ,will chat tomorow :clap:

Nail, head, they were built to a price and not very well either :cry:

People seem to forget they they are just Sierra's with a Cosworth engine, a lesser model isn't too bad in it's own right but the Cosworth has more wiring etc and less room to play with.

Martin

The original loom is far too long. It loops round on itself behind the plastic multiplugs. Makes no sense why Ford did it like that :cry:

I just wished i had the time, parts and a little more skill to rewire the car loom as wires do break over time it's inevitable, it tidied the loom that goes through to the engine bay from the drivers side and up behind the dash but i had to do a good few repairs on the car loom under the bonnet in the corner below the PAS tank i had to replace a 5" section where it had been messed with in the past and water had got in - it's fine but like i said ideally wants new.

a couple of things im gonna try or get a auto electricain to do

battery to the boot on the drivers side

new junction box at the fuse box so i can get rid of the existing wiring at the battery

headlight s, indicaters ,loom will go in the drivers side chasis leg away from the heat from the turbo
replace the altenater wiring from the existing loom

reroute the abs wiring and tidy up around the brake reservoir/mastercylinder

i have a new pectel engine loom so that should be ok ,hopefully i can hide it away a bit on the engine whilst its out

Battery in the boot cures a lot of unsightly wires.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/07...d/engine-1.jpg

You've just replaced the wires with pipes though :cry: :blabla:


It's hard to make a YB look tidy IMO, they don't really lend themselves to wire tucks etc like say some older VWs or Hondas.

All my positive wires go into a junction box so only one gos to the battery via an isolator. Id never stick my battery in the boot because then id be left with an great big unsightly empty space where it was lol

well the heated screen loom is now no more ,:cry:

the only time it will be out is when the sun is shing lol

i will keep that space for the oil breather,coil packs etc james .the wires just do my head in:wall:

i dont know what your talking about rod that bay is a disgrace lol:cry::cry:

Spent a few weeks on mine shortening some cables and making others longer to hide it all.
Alot of mine is now behind the bulkhead panel or on the chassis rails

I'd like to have my wiring tidied up it does look pretty unsightly.
The bit to left by the fuse box is terrible:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...5/DSCN0032.jpg
Rich

What i did is when i had my engine out i routed all the wiring looms really neatly, bought new harness clips etc etc. Then as i refitted more parts to the car i made sure the wiring to them was as neat as possible.

What is all the wiring near you fusebox?

i think mine looks quiet good :DD:

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thats spot on andy :god:

That looks really good! Escort bays lend themselves to a clean look far better than Sierras.

What hose clamps have you used?