****ing rats nest!

[Error404]

Is it just me or was Audi's attempt at sizing all the looms to creating a tidy RHD fuseboard / aux relay cluster a ****ing abortion?! Trying to get all my wiring reinstalled and I just can't get it into a tidy arrangement down there, half the looms are too long and there just doesn't seem to be a way to do it nicely without a tangled mess of spaghetti! Is everyones this much of a mess?

[mdz]

Yep, been there too and completely agree with you. I would like to shake a hand to that genius who thought it's a great idea to create worst wire arrangement ever.

[rj scotty]

It's a disgrace but common to VAG. The RHD market gets shafted all the time.
The T4 has a wiring harness that takes everything from the ECU in the passenger side engine bay ACROSS THE TOP OF THE ENGINE and on to the clocks, drive by wire throttle and stalks etc. The insulation gets rubbed off the cables over time and if water gets in to the conduit that covers them all hell brakes loose.

[rj scotty]

And the s2 RHD? you can't even see the under side of the fuse box!

[Error404]

Some pics of the underside of Fatty's fuseboard

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=569720&postcount=26

This makes me feel better - at least OEM is supposed to be a pig's ear

I'm not going to lie, I have considered depinning every connector and cutting the looms to the right size so it fits nice and neat.
Not going to though, I'm not that mental

[rj scotty]

I would consider your fairly sane for doing that, you could make a far better job of it with some thought.

I dread taking the cover off from under the steering column as you know what is going to confront you!

[Monkeymagic]

Ha ha I knew exactly what you were referring to just from the title.

[re2500]

haha, yep sadly where all plagued with that horrible loom, its like its a foot too long! i found it impossible to get tidy when i fitted my ABY loom.

[quattrostyle]

It's not only the RHD cars you guys. The LHD ones are just as bad.
Audi would have done better to copy what BMW did for example. I'm not into wiring looms at all but the BMW ones I've seen of some friends cars are much neater and easier if you like.

[V6quattro]

BMW and Mercedes are much neater yes.

[Fat Audi 80]

Some pics of the underside of Fatty's fuseboard

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=569720&postcount=26

This makes me feel better - at least OEM is supposed to be a pig's ear

I'm not going to lie, I have considered depinning every connector and cutting the looms to the right size so it fits nice and neat.
Not going to though, I'm not that mental

And I thought someone had been in there and ****ed it up for me! It is normal after all.

Just put the lower cover back on and try to forget it. I know what you mean about having an OCD attack on it though!

Cheers,

Steve

[newsh]

Fatty's looks like heaven compared to mine, to add to the mess most of my cloth tape has fallen off, I've had several goes at it but made no significant improvement.

[Sonic]

Ugh what a nighmare, glad i'm not the only one that doesn't like going under the steering wheel!

It's always further complicated by some previous alarm/immobiliser installations that's hacked into a load of cables

[Tonks4x4]

Could not agree more to all of the above statements!!!!

Spent 12 hours on my back in the drivers footwell on Saturday and have got at least another day of it all day tomorrow. I have been replacing the cloth tape on each and every loom as mine has all gone dry and fell off!!!

and hopefully I will be able to re lay the looms around the footwell in some sort of order to make them as neat as I possibly can so that you don't need 8 hands to fit the panel back under the dashboard and have it looking like its bursting at the seems trying to spill wiring out from every join on the dash.....

[UrS4boy]

Some pics of the underside of Fatty's fuseboard
http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showpos...0&postcount=26

I think Fatty was pointing with the wrong finger.