Wiring loom, any experience changing one?

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With recent deeper investigations into the Defender I call Scratchy I've come to the conclusion that the electrickery is really going to need to get sorted. Old glass fuses, too many scotch lock connectors and odd bits of wire all over the place.

I'm thinking of binning the lot and starting again.

Scratchy is an '87 110 truck cab with a 200TDi Disco engine fitted (with the glow plug lead cut).

How much of a headache would stripping out the old loom and fitting something like this be? Complete with the nice blade fuse box.

Fanks in advance for any useful comments ...
 
I'm doing mine atm, virtually replacing every wire as they're nigh on 25 years old and lighting front and rear are pretty dire shape as well as most in the engine bay.

If you want to go ahead and buy a new loom, take out a 2nd mortgage first, wiring looms are ridiculously expensive for some cable and connectors, but it's not difficult once you get around the mountain of wires you see before you if you want make your own.

I've stripped my dash out completely and basically junked the original loom, keeping it to hand for reference, re routed new cables to the rear and front lighting ( using some armoured stuff i got from work ) and several 100 connectors. It's about thinking ahead tbh, alot you can install before removing the old cabling ( or leave it in, but it'll get cramped in areas ) but you'll come to a point where you have to disconnect it and go with the new, label everything!!.

Once thing i have found, depending on your model, alot of cabling is wastage, it does nothing. Land Rover hav a set loom to work to and each model will hav additions to plug into the loom, i've got a pile of cables that did fook all but look pretty ;)

There are always hidden snags, i've found a few but with a Landy you don't mind drilling a hole here or there to help you along and re route the cables better ;)
 
That sounds a bit too involved fer me.

Think I'll go for a whole loom off of fleabay. Although what's the chances of them being a whole lot better than my crock 'o ****e..?

But how hard are they to swap?
 
Silly money for a new loom. I was looming for a chassis loom from bulk head to rear lights, about £450 new but someone was selling a cheap new one on eBay.

If I had the time and ability to take it all apart for a few daus at a time I would make my own as with it all laid flat and opened up it would be easy to measure wires and tape up etc.

All plugs a available and you could even buy same coloured wires.

I would imagine that the dash loom would be a little more difficult to make due to the varying bits shooting off all over. Do-able tho.

Just buy the right crimping tools for the terminals used to make it easier.
 
anyone know of any pit falls to changing a P38 engine bay loom cheers Brian (mine set on fire loom not covered by your insurance joke or what)
 
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