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Post by nzquiet1 on Nov 19, 2006 12:58:10 GMT 11
Greetings all, am a first timer with a standard Isuzu Bighorn Lotus '97. Am looking to fit a CB into cab, plus scanner, and have a bonet mounting bracket, which is easy enough to put on, but my big question is how can I get the coax cable into the cab from the bonet area. One thought I have which I don't really want to do is run the cable over and in the door, which isn't really tidy.
Would preferr is I can feed in from the engine bay, but can't see any holes to let cables though. Appreciate any suggestions for a newbie.
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Post by Graham on Nov 19, 2006 16:29:05 GMT 11
There should be a few rubber grommets in the firewall that you can put a hole in and thread the cable through. At least this is what I've found with any car that I've played with like this.
Just be sure to make the hole in the grommet small & tidy so that it provides an OK seal around the cable - you don't want water leaking through if you ever hit a deep puddle or river crossing.
You might look at the speedo or accelerator cable for an example.
Cheers, Graham.
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ken
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Post by ken on Nov 19, 2006 18:57:44 GMT 11
On my Bighorn there is a 3cm wiring harness goes through the firewall about 5cms from the wing near the vacuum brake unit. This is surounded by a large rubber grommet. Tons of room to get wires through there.
Ken
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Post by James W on Nov 20, 2006 6:32:37 GMT 11
To find the grommets look from inside the engine bay, it much easier to find stuff. There is a good one near the brake fluid reservior (vacume brake unit as ken has already metioned) that I use. Inside the cabin it ends up above the drivers feet. A small drill, smaller than the cable gives a snug fit as you can push through the rubber once you have a hole of almost any size. Some RTV to finsih is also a good idea.
nzquiet1, is it a cable with a connector on it? To make if harder to get through the grommet? If it has a connector it is sometimes easier to cut at the antenna base, run the cable and rejoin again at the antenna base. It's a solder joint, but will need a moderately big soldering iron to heat up the threaded mount. If you have a crimp tool sometimes it is easier to put a new connector on... but this is a specialist crimp tool for RF conenctors. Need more help with this just ask.
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Post by nemesis on Jul 13, 2007 11:54:34 GMT 11
I kinda cheated running mine as connector was already wired - I drilled a neat hole through the grommet (5.5mm drill bit), removed the grommet, cut from circumference to the hole, threaded the cable through the firewall then pushed it along the slit into the drilled hole and replaced the grommet. All closes up water tight again when reinserted to the firewall.
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