Sunday 4 August 2013

Interior strip part 1 - Wiring

Nothing challenging so far, just a few pictures of the wiring so I know where things have come from;

Drivers side wiring. Bottom left is an unknown connector, from near the seatbelt mounting. The other part of this extension is for the seat speakers, and in the bottom left is the push pin for the door (possibly only for the alarm).

Passenger side wiring. Same again, bottom right is a mysterious unconnected wire from the seatbelt fixing, then the speaker connection. The passenger side also had a separate dust covered connector, I think that is for the rear window demister for glass windows.

Centre console wiring. Not much here, a connector for the electric windows and just to the side of the gearshift is a light fitting for the ashtray. There is also a push connector for the handbrake, again probably only needed for the alarm. The middle wire still attached to the chassis looks more like a factory fit, but it's not the fog light wire as I found that on the right hand side.

On both sides of the loom, there is a connector for the seat belts. Apparently JDM cars (Japanese Domestic Market, IE Eunos!) have a 'feature'. With the ignition on, there is a solenoid that prevents the seatbelt retracting all the way in. I have to admit, that is quite possibly the dumbest 'feature' ever. A knowledgeable guy over at MX5Nutz suggested the feature could be turned off by removing a fuse. Basically I'm going to remove the wire! The wires down by the seatbelt stalk are similarly useless, so they'll be removed as well.


Looks like the entire loom comes down the drivers side into the boot, then the bits on the passenger side come out of the boot. It's raining at the moment so I didn't have chance to remove that part of the loom, but it would make sense to be the next thing to do.

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