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Old 08-05-2011, 12:21 PM
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as some of you may know am building fiesta turbo an have takin the car loom out and trying to remove the stuff not need for an m.o.t so all thats left is the lights washs an wipers sorter thing
is it a case of pull the fues out an remove the wire from the fues box an trace them right the way through the loom to remove it or will some of the circuits be looped into eah other any help would be great!
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Old 08-05-2011, 12:23 PM
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They'll share earths mate, but all the live feeds will be separate
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i thought that but as i was going through the loom i found 1 wire from the back of the fuse for the diped beam connected to another just say the horn (as i cant remember what 1 it was lol ) so if i removed it the diped beam would not be coneted as the fuse would not be there god i hate looms !!!
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I just cut my wires as far back as i could dude then just taped up the end of the wires so they didnt touch ect abit of a pikey way of doing it but i fell into that problem you have so i just went for the easy option lol
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haha am trying my best tracing them back now but the bloody mess of the wires is stressing me out so time for a cuppa i think lol
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