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shaihulud Custom Title Time!

1,448 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#595488
I am in the process of fitting the engine management harness of my Subaru EJ20 engine to the Manx SR. I have had it reduced to its essentials but some of the wires are over a meter too long for a good looking fit, with nowhere to tuck them away out of sight.

If I cut them and solder every join will that do the job without problems?

MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#595498
yep.:bounce
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VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#595530
Yep... only do one wire at a time, though!! Also, use heatshrink and try and stagger each join so they don't 'thicken' the harness at one point

And make sure there are NO three-way splices hidden in the harness that you don't know about; sometimes one wire can become two along its length
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shaihulud Custom Title Time!

1,448 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#595546
Thank you gentlemen.

I was hoping that it would be O.K.

Thanks for the suggestions, especially the 3 way splices and staggered joins ideas.

If there is anything that I have learned from my first experience with a ECU engine, it's that there are plenty of traps for the unwary.