Rear fog light re-route wiring

 This one was irritating me...

I am not sure if the wiring route I took was wrong, the wiring had got snagged behind the rear panel or something completely unrelated however the rear fog lamp wiring does not reach the spade connectors in the fog lamp.

Only option was to carefully drill a new hole in the rear panel (being fully conscious there is a fuel tank at behind it) and poke the wire through the new hole. The new position for the hole actually produced more slack in the wiring so re-routing the wire did not ultimately prove to be too difficult and thus dismissed the initial idea the wiring had got snagged when the rear panel went on as it was free and easy to relocate to the new hole...

The fog lamp (as is the reversing lamp) are modified versions having been adjusted at the rear for the angle of the rear panel so they sit vertical to the panel when fitted. You can do this yourself but GBS stock the modified ones done expertly and finish with some trim - job sorted!

Headlamps

Time to give the car some eyes (as my wife refers to them, to be honest I think it does now I look at it!)

Some assembly of the headlights is needed prior to fitment namely remove the stock wiring which comes with the lights, fit a bulb and fit the GBS headlamp / sidelight looms.

The loom will also need some connectors crimping onto the wires prior to connecting into the main wiring loom.

Obviously they need final alignment prior to IVA but until I have power on the wiring loom that can't be completed until near the end of the build

Fuel pump and starter motor wired in

Managed to grab a quick half hour in the garage and some wiring connections can be made to the fuel pump and starter motor now the engine wiring loom is fully routed.

Simple task of crimping some lugs to the wires - making reference the GBS wiring diagram!

Engine Earth

Very quick job on a dark Wednesday evening... earthed the engine to the chassis using the earthing strap which comes with the battery loom kit.

There is a hole already in the chassis plate which I managed to source a nyloc nut and bolt that fitted nicely through - remember to remove some powder coat from around the hole area on the chassis plate to ensure a nice clean earth surface.

the other end screws into a spare hole on the engine block, again I managed to scrounge a bolt which fitted nicely however it did need cutting down to a short size in order to screw into the engine block sufficiently.

Engine Wiring loom

Focus continues on getting the engine bay completed.

Next step is the engine wiring loom which follows similar principles to the main wiring loom provided by GBS i.e plug and play, easily labelled etc 

The electrics on the car has filled me with dread and it is the one aspect of the build I am least looking forward to, so anything which makes this job easier is a tick in the box for me.

The main challenge is routing the loom and working out where to cable tie to the chassis, its worth spending some time on this as we all want it to look professional and neat. That said, there is plenty of slack provided on the loom so you can be quite creative in the routing.

'Erring on the side of caution, I have left the loom loose on the passenger side whilst I get a better feel for where other electrics fit, plus I still need to Finish off the battery loom run from the alternator round to the starter motor.

I could not resist placing the plenum in position to see how it all fitted...

Honk! Honk!

grabbed a quick half an hour in the garage tonight, super quick easy job - fit the horn.

Seems to be differing schools of thought on best place to fit but majority seem to favour the front left cross member. One rivnut later and the horn was wired in and fitted.

Also took the opportunity to tidy up some of the main wiring loom which runs down the left hand side of the chassis, copious amounts of cable ties later and its all looking alot neater.