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Wires through firewall
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 1:23 am
by MCO-Ryan
Hi all,
I'm hard-wiring some 12V accessories (HAM radio, inverter, map light) on my 93 turbo, 5MT. On my old 92 auto, I ran the wires through the firewall where the clutch master is. Any suggestions on where I should run them through on this car? Can I squeeze through somewhere?
Thanks
Ryan
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 3:02 am
by entirelyturbo
Lemme guess, you're scared of drilling holes...
I'm not
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 5:41 am
by Legacy777
Run it through where the throttle cable goes through.....i've run more wires through there....it's ridiculous.
You may need to put a small slit in the rubber grommet.
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 7:28 am
by eastbaysubaru
Yup, there's a few different rubber grommet thingys to go through. I've got a 4 gauge stereo cable and my vacuum hose for the boost gauge running through there.
-Brian
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 12:47 pm
by MCO-Ryan
OK, throttle cable grommet it is. I had a look and couldn't find any grommets that didn't have anything through them (that's why I used the clutch master one on my old auto), though that one looked like it had room to spare.
Thanks
Ryan
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2003 7:24 am
by ScottyS
Ryan,
I've used the throttle cable area with success with 12v power wires. As a side note --- at one point I did an install of a Icom IC-706 (mk1). I made a bracket to replace the passenger-side visor and put the faceplate there. I actually put the xcvr in the little storage compartment that my MY90 wagon has just behind the right-rear wheel-well (opposite the jack compartment). It worked quite nicely as it was a perfect fit with the whole installation being very clean.
Scotty