Getting through the firewall

[Marc's fesDiva]

how do you get a wire throught the firewall, there's some sort of metal bulkhead type thing on the engine side which makes it really difficult to find my fish through the hole. do i have to drill something or is there a better way to do this?

[mattswabb]

See the pic below. You can see where I ran the battery cable thru the firewall when I 1st did my swap. Just remove the rubber plug, it's a clean hole thru to the interior. Now all the wires I added are run with the engine harness wich is accesible by removing the drivers side inner plastic fender.

[jeffdjeffd]

If you have A/C, however, the hole Matt showed you won't be available :wink:

It's pretty easy to poke a wire through the main grommet in the driver's fenderwell. CAUTION: It's also fairly easy to nick some random (read: very important) wire's insulation in the process, resulting in an almost untraceable and unreachable short circuit that will drive you crazy for weeks. ops:

Really, just poke it through carefully.
jeff

[Marc's fesDiva]

i can poke it through, i just can't find it on the engine side. also, what would you guys use for a fish through, i'm using a coat hanger...also where does the A/C hole go through on the inside?

[Tim]

There's another grommet on the passenger side. I poked into that one to run the wiring for cruise control.

You have to pull up some of the carpet in order to get it, and then it's kinda high up. But I was able to access it with little trouble.


Regards,

Tim

[batstiva]

When I wired in my fog lights, I was able to fish the wires through where the speedo cable goes. Don't know if this helps, but kept me from having to drill a new hole. Good Luck. :wink:

[Zeeknof]

I also was able to poke a few wires through the speedo cable hole, just hold up the rubber a little and feed them through.

Shaun

[jeffdjeffd]

i can poke it through, i just can't find it on the engine side. also, what would you guys use for a fish through, i'm using a coat hanger...also where does the A/C hole go through on the inside?

On the engine side, you need to remove the driver-front wheel, then remove the plastic inner fender - just a bunch of phillips screws. Then you'll see it just behind the door. The wiring actually comes into the fenderwell and then through a second grommet into the engine compartment behind the strut tower.

[Marc's fesDiva]

ah, thanks very much jeff...sounds like a project for tomorrow. i'm off school tomorrow and i don't have a job...