Date:         Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10:51:15 -0700
Reply-To:     Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
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From:         Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
Subject:      Wiring loom routing into cab? (82 diesel)
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Hi everyone, a simple (I hope!) question for you:

I have a 1982 diesel westy.  I'm installing oil temp and oil
pressure guages in it, and am in the final stages of running the
wires from the senders up from the engine compartment to the
dash.  I started at the back, and have been running the wires
under the bus along the main wiring loom, zap-strapping them to
the side of the loom as I go.  So far, it's pretty much followed
the left-side longitudinal frame member, I fished the wire over
the fuel tank with a coat hanger, then up to the very front of
the bus.  I dropped the spare tire and windshield washer fluid
tanks to get better access to the wire routing at the very front.

The thing is, once the wire goes up (as in vertically up) it
appears to zig and zag a bit and I lose track of where it goes.
I'd really like to follow the path the loom takes to the main
fuse box, but I can't see how it goes.  This exercise was really
really easy in my old '76 buses; I wasn't expecting this to be
weird.

Could someone please tell me how to route the wiring from the
underside of the bus into the cab interior for a clean
installation?  Do I have to remove the lower rad grill to help
route it up?  If I fish with a coat hanger to guide the wires,
where do I fish?  I can't even find where the loom enters the
cab, fer gosh sakes!  Gawd, it's crowded under that dash!

Any help would be most appreciated.

T.

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