jfg Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 Has anyone made their own new loom? How did you go about it? What fuse / relay panel did you use? What types of connectors did you use (especially the lights)? Mine is quite stiff and aged a lot in places. I can copy it like for like on the garage wall with new wiring but it's a big job for me, electrics are my achilles heel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 (edited) 27 minutes ago, jfg said: Has anyone made their own new loom? How did you go about it? What fuse / relay panel did you use? What types of connectors did you use (especially the lights)? Mine is quite stiff and aged a lot in places. I can copy it like for like on the garage wall with new wiring but it's a big job for me, electrics are my achilles heel. Probably safer and easier to just buy a new one https://www.autosparks.co.uk/finder Stuart. Edited June 13, 2020 by stuart Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HowardB Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 Most of my loom is original & the wires are still in reasonable condition so suggest you talk to the usual suspects and see if they can supply a 2nd hand one if its beyond repair. The wiring looms changed a lot over the life of the car so be very careful you get the right one. For example the very last 7's had an intermittent wipe circuit added & the only change was that the wires go to different pins in the male & female plugs! Replacing sections that have been damaged should not be overly difficult. Most coloured wires are available from AES https://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/home and they sell by the metre so its easy to get what you need. Remove the damaged parts and solder new matching replacements in place (having slid a length of heat shrink sleeving over each wire 1st) after soldering slide the heatshrink to the soldered area & shrink down with a hot air gun. Cheers Howard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jfg Posted June 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 I did the partial loom repair to my porsche but only because the most of the loom was ok. I've looked at the prices of new looms and i can save a huge chunk of cash by building my own. As long as i replace like for like i'll not make mistakes, unless i copy an existing mistake. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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