How to wire properly!

[tacoboy]

Hey guys - this may not be new to any of you, but I feel its important to contribute to the site and tonight's job was to neatly assemble my wiring harness for my Alpine deck in the S14. The one that was in there before for the Panasonic was done with electrical tape. If you think this is fine, please read on.

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The Victim - my '95 Nissan 240sx

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The tools you need - Wire cutters, wire strippers, soldering iron, solder, heat shrink tube, lighter.

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And Very important - FLUX - needed for clean and strong connections.

All of these tools are available at your local hardware store - rona, home depot, even the source.

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Shop computer - super handy for wiring diagram info.

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The Rats nest

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One connection made with heat shrink tube ready to be shrunk

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Close up before heating

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During heating

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Done - Vary Nice!

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One by one, take your time. No rush! I spent 2 hours on this at half speed.

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Thank you flux! Excellent, strong connection

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More progress is made.
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Old harness cut off - I was using it as a guide for some of the wiring code.

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Almost done soldering and heat shrinking

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4 solid connections - no need to strip a tonne of wire, half a cm to a cm is fine, but make sure the solder is in contact with all of the wires (this is what flux really helps with)

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The tedious part is done. Start cleaning up the harness.

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This one is for Brendan aka Rustbucket.

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Fresh and clean

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In the back of the deck. So easy to work with.

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Another angle

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Much more manageble

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And we have power! Great success!

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Mocked up.

I plan on finishing the install off in the morning - to tired for now. I feel as though taking the proper time to do a job, however small it may be, is always worth it in the end.

Cheers,

Dave

[repda916]

already knew all this. but electrical tape works to so why not

[projekt_s13]

already knew all this. but electrical tape works to so why not

hahah, its like saying who needs a girl my hand does the job too.

[projectRDM]

That's the ugliest fucking harness ever for doing such a clean soldering job.

And I'm sick to my stomach seeing a jank ass plastic dash kit when the OE brackets and pocket are a way cleaner look.

[Om1kron]

if you want to be super anal.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/om1kron/My%20Cars/1996%20240sx%20Kouki/2008-12-20%20-%20Centercaps%20n%20Sleeving/2008-12-20019.jpg

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finished?

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I believe in sleeving everything lol. But i'm all for clenliness.

[repda916]

hahah, its like saying who needs a girl my hand does the job too.
exactly:bowrofl:

[yokotavia]

what sleeving is that?

[Rapier46]

what sleeving is that?


If you're talking about om1kron, then i'm wondering too.

[alzahakar]

Yea, Om1kron's harness is nice. I gotta get one of those "extra hands".

[S14DB]

Plumbing Flux? Most electrical solder is flux core.
Why didn't you shorten the lengths to equal?
Why aren't you using the harness ground?

[projectRDM]

Plumbing Flux? Most electrical solder is flux core.
Why didn't you shorten the lengths to equal?
Why aren't you using the harness ground?

There is no harness ground in the Schassis, or in many Nissans. The ground is supplied through the radio's case (useless here with a plastic dash kit). You can also receive a ground through the antenna cable but it's weak and usually picks up noise. Grounding to the chassis in this case is the kid's only option.

[ThatGuy]

I like how you talk about not doing a half assed job with electrical tape, but then you use a lighter on the heat shrink instead of a heat gun. :ddog:

You really should have cut them to proper length, too.

[GSXRJJordan]

That's the ugliest fucking harness ever for doing such a clean soldering job.

And I'm sick to my stomach seeing a jank ass plastic dash kit when the OE brackets and pocket are a way cleaner look.

That's exactly what I was going to say - OE brackets look and function SO much better, and make the radio truly difficult to steal.

Plumbing Flux? Most electrical solder is flux core.

Srsly, I saw that and was like, what never heard of flux-core? Flux core works great for microminiature stuff, as long as you keep the tip of the iron clean. Oh, and using a "gun-type" instead of a "pen-type" is borderline dangerous for those 18ga connections... you don't need 60w or whatever that gun's lowest setting is.

Om1kron did a fantastic job explaining these processes in his buildup thread, even did an animated .gif lol.

[CAPoweredS14]

Is it bad when someone else posts in your write up, a write up thats better?

[reinvent]

Is it bad when someone else posts in your write up, a write up thats better?

there will always be second guessers. steal the ideas and start another write up that incorporates the ideas you stole