Installing a new engine wiring harness firewall grommet

Hi All,

I am trying to think of the easiest way to replace the perished wiring harness grommet in the firewall.  Both ends of the loom have plugs much bigger than the groomet hole itself. 

Who has done this before?  Please don't tell me to remove all of the wires from the plugs 

Cheers

Hey Roberto...you can cut the new grommet, fit it to the harness and then face the cut down and that will do a fair job of hiding the cut, but the fact is the grommets are usually fitted (at the factory) before the connectors are fitted, so it is difficult to fit them on large harnesses with the connectors in place.

Cheers

Jamo

Thanks guys, I have taken your advice.  It looks ok and has a good seal because the firewall holds it all together.

A BIT LATE I KNOW BUT YOU COULD HAVE MADE A NOTE OF WHERE WIRES WERE SITUATED IN CNCTRS THEN REMOVED THEM FROM SAME. THIS WOULD HAVE ENABLED YOU TO SLIDE THEM THRU THE GROMMET & THEN RELOCATE THEM BACK IN THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS . AS LONG AS YOUR HAPPY.

                                              REGARDS:ALAN.

Ow. My ears hurt!

I think maybe his keyboard is broken.

Its missing letters too...

Just makes for easier reading methinks & th msge gets ax. Chek th word abreviation. EG: Time is th essence. Ha Ha .

                                                            Regards: Alan. 

You can lube it up with silicone spray and slide it over the plugs. Rubber is stretchy!

Just spray it and leave it overnight.

Some WD40 may help too.

Only downside is it fecks the glue in the electrical tape and you may need to re-wrap it (Nitto tape only, there is no other)

Perhaps a water based lube would be better suited? to avoid any damage to the glue compound on the tape.

However, asking the missus where the KY is then going out to the shed may seem a bit suspicious from her point of view....

Just makes for easier reading methinks & th msge gets ax. Chek th word abreviation. EG: Time is th essence. Ha Ha .

 

                                                            Regards: Alan. 

In regards to this, no, it doesnt make it easier to read.

http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,1402.0.html

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For example: "I NEED HELP WIF A CArBs Pr0B" is not easy to read and won't help others when they are searching our forum.

Thanx.

                                    Regards: Alan.