I pulled them through the firewall first, then split the bundle according to
which side of the engine and put those bundles in separate shrink tubes, then
put both through a short (about 8") piece of tube, shrank it all then pulled it
back through the firewall and looped it in the top of the baggage compartment
(it is a CHerokee SIx), to leave about a foot of slack should I ever need it,
and tye wrapped that to secure it. For the branch that went to the right side
of the engine, I actually used two pieces of shrink tube so that the oil and
carb temp wires come out of the bundle at the center of the firewall, and the
rest are still in the shrink tube till it gets to the #5 cylinder. That shrink
tube is great stuff, and makes for a very neat looking install.
Jay Honeck wrote:
I agree, and am glad I took your advice earlier this summer when I did
mine. It
has already paid for itself in troubleshooting dollars saved, as I've been
having episodes of rough running on leveling out. With the monitor, I
know it
is the #1 cylinder. Without it, we'd probably still be chasing things
that were
easily ruled out with the monitor. Thanks for the advice.
That's great, Ray -- glad to hear my advice helped.
We love our engine monitor, although (thankfully) it hasn't shown anything
alarming. But the knowledge that it is there, displaying the internal
workings of our engine in real time, is worth the price of installation.
To help in making the
harness, I used some shrink tubing to reduce the number of ties as well as
add a
protective layer over the actual wires.
I really like that idea, although it must've made getting the whole mess
through the firewall a bitch. It was tough enough, pulling them through one
or two at a time!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
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