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(Message started by: paul_l on Oct 5^th, 2010, 10:55pm)

Title: Engine / autobox wire loom
Post by paul_l on Oct 5^th, 2010, 10:55pm

Hi , After owning my 1995 ultima 24v scorpio for 4 years and for the last year having mega autobox problems which resulted in the car spending more time of the road than on i have taken the bull by the horns and striped it down to find as suspected a very crispy /cracked & cumblely wire loom, I have been looking on ebay but no luck ! Could anyone suggest were i might be able to find one ?? I would even concider buying a new one because the car has only 69000 miles on the clock and scrapping is not an option. ???

Title: Re: Engine / autobox wire loom
Post by Matt on Oct 6^th, 2010, 8:49am

how bad is bad? the odd section of missing insulation is very common, if its like the loom i removed from a car in a scrap yard a few years ago when had no insulation of any kind across the entire length of the v section

it may just be worth getting some heat shrink and patching it up

Title: Re: Engine / autobox wire loom
Post by Highlander on Oct 6^th, 2010, 9:52am

I'd go for the repair option, either your own or find a second hand one if you can.

If you could actually find a new one for sale I dont think you would consider it an option for long, they are VERY expensive!

Title: Re: Engine / autobox wire loom
Post by paul_l on Oct 6^th, 2010, 9:56pm

Hi large lumps of the tape insulation are missing but what concerns me more is that i can see cracks in the wires running through the v section ! Will try patching as you suggest but will still try for second hand one before i dive into it ( Hell of a lot of wires in there ) !!. After i sent origanal post i found an old post on the forum with similar problem and the price of a new loom quoted ( WOW ) see what u mean !!, Same old cenario "theres one somewhere it just finding it " !! :'(

Title: Re: Engine / autobox wire loom
Post by Mike H on Oct 7^th, 2010, 7:07pm

Can't see a simple way round it, just means meticulously soldering in replacement wires

Title: Re: Engine / autobox wire loom
Post by paul_l on Oct 7^th, 2010, 9:54pm

Chasing replacement one at mo ( fingers crossed) !!

Title: Re: Engine / autobox wire loom
Post by paul_l on Oct 8^th, 2010, 9:53pm

Hi ,Had a bit of a result this am managed to speak to a man called Dave at bygonebathrooms understand he is well known by a few forum members, very helpfull chap ! He has a second hand loom that he is gonna mail me, so when it arrives i plan to lay it all out on the kitchen table ( while the missis is watching telly ) and repair as nessecary ! He said it has been clean cut at the autobx end of the v , Would it have to be soldered and shinkwrapped there or is there some good other way that i could reconnent them ie good quality connectors ? My drift of thinking is that way i could cut my old loom and connect the repaired at that point and not have to drop the auto box ??

Title: Re: Engine / autobox wire loom
Post by Mike H on Oct 9^th, 2010, 4:02pm

I'd probably try that, and solder and heatshrink. Hope wires are same colours!

Title: Re: Engine / autobox wire loom
Post by paul_l on Oct 9^th, 2010, 8:05pm

Me 2 !! :o