Ah yes have same coming up... but way I see it...far better than going to the dentist and I'll wake up to a cuppa t and sandwichAh! that's a great idea....mind you, (remembering this is a family forum) I might just say I couldn't ignore the irony of the above with the thought that next week I have an appointment with a man welding an endoscope... told me not to worry I'd be asleep .... too much information?
That was me. Tried everything but couldn’t get a clean install onto the rear door. Very happy with my decision to place on the roof. Seems to work very well and wires are virtually, completely hidden.@bakepl and @Clark Kent
thankyou for the "how to"..much appreciated! With the Gren. the grommet into the base of the door seems to be a shrink fit onto the loom and there's no room for another wire let alone one with a small connector attached. I note one other member of the forum faced a similar issue and ended up mounting the camera IIRC externally on the roof!
I hadn't thought about the trimmer line as a fish tape... I'll give that a go
cheers and thank again
D.
Where's @Tazzieman when we need some questionable medical humour?Ah yes have same coming up... but way I see it...far better than going to the dentist and I'll wake up to a cuppa t and sandwich
I can’t quite see well enough to determine if the wire is running completely through the concertina tube. Ie. Will it come through the hole in the rear body into which the tube is inserted? If so, bloody good effort.
Hi Cheshire Cat,
and do I know where all the bits go when I reassemble it? I explain that it was designed to be "adapted"...
Great work @DenisM.Hi Cheshire Cat,
Yes and Yes...thank you! The cable enters the tube from the body with the rest of the loom and rear washer supply tube but exits a few mm from the loom outlet at the other end, but well within the boundaries of the grommet, so it's sealed.
I pulled the concertina tube from the body and the bottom of the back door. I pushed/manipulated a wire probe ( thin coat hanger wire with one end bent a full 180deg backwards 10mm from the end so that it presented a smooth surface to push through the tube) from the vehicle body end through the concertina tube until it was pushing firmly against a "soft" wall section of the grommet housing adjacent to the loom "outlet". I was then able to carefully probe that area of external wall with an "exacto" / scalpel blade until I felt it cutting against the wire probe... this way I was able to be sure I wasn't cutting into the wiring loom inside. I enlarged the cut and pulled the wire through.
I put a couple of short squirts of silicon dry lube into the tube from both ends.
I reinserted the wire probe -rounded end first- and manipulated it back in the opposite direction , attached the coax connector to the rounded head with cloth tape in such a way that there were no sharp edges. I then slowly pulled the wire probe back through the tube manipulating it to clear the wiring loom and rear windscreen washer supply tube. The silicon spray was amazing and the coax connector virtually slid through the cable and popped out through the small slit previously made with the exacto blade! I was then able to pull the coax freely either in either direction. I pulled a sufficient length of cable (plus a bit!) through the tube to position the camera, then fed the wire probe up through the hole in the bottom of the door to draw the cable though. With a little spray around the edges of each grommet end, they popped back into place.
I sheathed the cable in the door with 7mm split conduit ("loom tube"). I'd noted the advice elsewhere here and purchased an optional 10m coax. I'll gather the excess, bind it and stow it under the panel covering the wheel arches. Tomorrow I'll reassemble the interior....
I have no garage access at the moment. I am working on the vehicle in sunny Queensland weather while it is parked across my driveway. Our narrow street is about 200m long with only one entry/exit. The neighbours on their daily walks are bemused that I would pull the panels out of a brand new vehicle...
I do not intend to make a living as an accessories fitter
Regarding the Wolfbox:
Thank you, - this is a bit of a knock out criteria. I wanted a secondary rear view in low ankle, when I maneuver with a basket on tow ball. When reversing its no problem with the rear camera but no mirror can show me what is exacly going on in the very low rear area.
Yes there are brackets for the mirror type cameras including Wolfbox that replace the original mirror (rather than rubber straps)... just need to work out how to remove the ineos mirror to see what the mount is on the glass so it can be matched up.... any ideas?
Already done that. Was shown the method on the 3d workshop manual at my local dealer. The end nearest the windscreen needs to be twisted 90 degrees anti clockwise and it comes away leaving a steel component bonded to the windscreen. Peugeot have the same set up. Tried it with my arthritic hands with no success. Will make more effort or use a pipe grip wrapped in cloth so as to leave no teeth marks.
). I did put afterwards (at the very end before putting the trim back in place) some Sikalastomer around and in the hole. ). because I thought I did something wrong. Until I remembered that I forgot to connect the connectors in the rear door.
Some people seem to drive with blinkers on their eyes or don't even look.Does the Wolfbox provide a "normal" (= flat) mirror image to enable more accurate judgement of distances rather than the dangerous convex mirror images which suggest a following vehicle is further away than it really is. I've come to the conclusion that many ignorant drivers operate on these false distances...which is why they cut in front when there's minimal space to do so
Yes, but I removed it, see my other post.
I don't know for the Wolfbox, but indeed in my "electronic rear mirror", vehicles following me seem to be further away. I always double check with my left or right side mirrors,Does the Wolfbox provide a "normal" (= flat) mirror image to enable more accurate judgement of distances rather than the dangerous convex mirror images which suggest a following vehicle is further away than it really is. I've come to the conclusion that many ignorant drivers operate on these false distances...which is why they cut in front when there's minimal space to do so
