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Andycan
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shut off loom
« on: Oct 2nd, 2012, 12:36pm » |
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Hi all winter is drawing close and my cracked loom is getting worse with the dampness.
Has anyone got a spare shut off loom for a 2.0i scorpio? I am happy to renovate one if there are any articles on here to tell me how.
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Mike H
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Re: shut off loom
« Reply #1 on: Oct 2nd, 2012, 4:13pm » |
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May or may not help but if plugs are OK, I rewired mine by soldering new wires onto the shortened plug wires then sleeving the joint with heatshrink, then again with heat resistant sleeving overall
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Re: shut off loom
« Reply #2 on: Oct 2nd, 2012, 6:18pm » |
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I was hoping to keep the car on the road whilst I did that found one down the breakers yard but some nice person had cut through the loom and I was not amused.
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Mike H
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Re: shut off loom
« Reply #3 on: Oct 6th, 2012, 5:30pm » |
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Still fixable if you got the whole thing?
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Re: shut off loom
« Reply #4 on: Oct 6th, 2012, 10:20pm » |
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I have the whole lot but thought I saw somewhere on here that if you soldered the wires that it played havok with the voltages running through the wires or was that just sensor wires?
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Re: shut off loom
« Reply #5 on: Oct 6th, 2012, 10:21pm » |
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Oh also what is the best wire grades to use toe replace the damaged wires with?
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Re: shut off loom
« Reply #6 on: Oct 7th, 2012, 7:54am » |
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The wires could be of different sizes. Have a look at This site which covers just about every one you'll need. 
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Re: shut off loom
« Reply #7 on: Oct 10th, 2012, 5:45pm » |
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on Oct 6th, 2012, 10:20pm, Andycan wrote:| I have the whole lot but thought I saw somewhere on here that if you soldered the wires that it played havok with the voltages running through the wires or was that just sensor wires? |
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Never heard of that before.
Soldering is THE best connection you can get (if done properly) so don't know what that's about.
Anyway in this case it's only to run the coils, no sensors involved.
Apart from camshaft sensor, had to solder new wire for that, works OK.
I just used spare all-purpose 6 - 8 Amp stranded wire from my 'stock' 
Biggest problem is cleaning the strands of the shortened original plug wires (still attached) as they will be well tarnished, combination of age & heat; I scraped every separate strand shiny with a penknife then dipped in liquid flux.
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Re: shut off loom
« Reply #8 on: Oct 10th, 2012, 9:21pm » |
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Ok thanks gents I shall have a go
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Re: shut off loom
« Reply #9 on: Oct 11th, 2012, 1:55pm » |
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If you solder the wires for the idle speed control valve it wont work also if you solder the wires for the crank position sensor it wont run
Ive done it 
then did it again using brass cable crimps and had no problem
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Re: shut off loom
« Reply #10 on: Oct 11th, 2012, 2:02pm » |
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Ahhh that must have been what I was thinking of then.
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