Scorpio 24v estate. It works!

[Walter_Bo11ox]

Excellent diagnostic skills and outright dedication there Ozwald, I am well impressed.

[Ozzy Mandeus]

I made a start on the loom this afternoon.



This is what Ford want over a thousand pounds for.



This is what it looks like under the outer sheath and tape! Bear in mind this is the loom from a later car which is supposed to be immune to the insulation failure problem. I think maybe Ford's solution only made them last longer, not forever. The worst bit (picture) is where it passes underneath a waterway on its way between the banks of the engine.



My plan is to run the loom up the bulkhead and around the outside, with only the injectors, TPS and IAT wiring through the middle. I'm also going to run these in from the back to avoid having wires close to the waterways.



Each damaged wire needs tracing, cutting and remaking with fresh* wire. Solder then shrink tubing.



*The new wire is from a granada loom I had lying around.

Problem is it's rather chilly this afternoon and I couldn't get the solder to flow well, so I came home. This job needs doing one wire at a time because there are several instances of the same coloured wire going to two totally different places.

[tone_depear]

Sounds fun*

Good work though, obv!

[Jonny69]

Because bigger soldering iron needed!

Brave job Ozwald, brave job

[Ozzy Mandeus]

It isn't really any more complex than adapting looms so that zetecs and cosworth v6s will work in older cars, and I've done quite a few of those!

Soldering iron will be fine, there isn't a gale blowing in through the door today.

[Seth]

That's a lot of joints to remember/forget to put heatshrink on the wire before soldering. I'd reckon I'd manage about a 50% success rate with that. Hope this all works!

[Vulgalour]

This is the sort of thread that tells you what an enthusiast is, rather than someone who just likes cars a bit.

[I.K.Brunel]

This is the sort of thread that tells you what an enthusiast is, rather than someone who just likes cars a bit.

Hmm, that's quite depressing.
I mean I am pretty much the most hopeless mechanic of all time, but I love cars ALOT, in all shapes, forms, ages and variations.

*Will never be an enthusiast*

[tone_depear]

I think (hope) reading that and thinking "cor, brilliant" is enough to qualify as enthusiast.

[Amazo]

I think (hope) reading that and thinking "cor, brilliant" is enough to qualify as enthusiast.

+1. As opposed to someone thinking 'Why?'