I agree with Eddie and Jim I would work in sections / functions and splice in new sections. If the ford connectors are broken then try and source replacements from a friendly car breaker - the last one I dealt with cut off the main electrical components and sent the rest of the loom for scrap a long with the rusting shell. A chat and few £s and he supplied the switches and connectors I wanted with "tails" which would be spliced back in my loom.
The Haynes Manuals give the standard wiring diagrams which are usually straight forward to use. But Try this website for a tutorial (you may need to copy / paste the addresses in to your web brower) http://www.constructorscarclub.org.nz/articles/wiringpart1.html The following website gives an overview of the BSI standard for colour coding wiring http://www.dimebank.com/LucasColours.html Sources for materials might include (no recommendations implied) and I am sure there are plenty other advertising in the magazines http://autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/ https://www.europaspares.com/ http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/home/homepage.php http://www.s-v-c.co.uk/category/electrical-accessories/ http://www.s-v-c.co.uk/category/wiring-looms/ The Car Builder Solutions Catalogue / Website is a good read.... http://www.cbsonline.co.uk/category/Electrical,b.html They even include a couple of VERY basic wiring videos (LOL) Additionally The Kit Car magazines have run articles on custom built looms vs. modular looms vs. build your own in the past. Might be worthwhile looking for these. Try http://www.completekitcar.co.uk/ AJ ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Hearne To: quantumowners@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Quantum coupe issue While building a wiring loom from scratch is possible it is very time consuming (as you've seen by the quotes). The main problem is not the wiring as such but where it connects into things, the connectors. Most of the connectors are custom made for Ford so you can't get replacements to match up with things like the instrument cluster, the column switches etc etc. I would say you do also need to have a fairly good understanding of car electrics to be able make a loom from scratch. But, i doubt if it's really that bad, yes, sure, it's probably been messed about with a bit, especially where people have added the Quantum specific modifications but these can be replaced with new sections, it's a lot less work than starting from scratch. If you can get hold of another Mk2 Fiesta loom in better condition then it will make things a lot easier. As long as you can solder ok and have a big enough soldering iron then you can just cut sections out and join in new sections of loom. Cover the joints with heatshrink (put on before you join the wires !!!) to keep any water away. The wiring loom in my 2+2 has sections from at least 5 car looms in it, 2 off Mk2 Fiesta, Mk4 Escort RS turbo, Mk3 Fiesta EFI and Sierra (for the rear lights). It's lasted 15 years so far. Jim On 04/03/2013 18:49, shaun mcsorley wrote: Hi all, Hope you are all good! My quantum has served me very well.. up until now. The issue is the starter motor has seized up so that should be easy enough to fix. The main issue that i am facing is the wiring. Not long ago i had some minor work carried out by a local garage who informed me that the whole wiring of the car is in a very bad state. (I am saving you the several adjectives he used to describe it!) I think that the car is basically going to require a complete basic re-wire. Having very little knowledge off car electronics, I began too look at companies that do this but quotes of near £1000 have shocked me. The question i have is that if i spend enough time attempting to re-wire my car could I do it relatively easily. I do have time to spare but balancing my job for Aston martin and my OU degree means I only have several hours (or less) to spare a weel so I would have to do it over a long period of time. I think that if i can not do this myself i will have to sell the car, which I love so i would rather not have to do that. Ideally if i could find someone that would like to have a go on the wiring as a project with me paying for parts etc would be ideal but I understand that this is a perfect situation that I am unlikely to find. 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