Wire tucks look cool, but how functional are they?
When I wired up my engine harness for my car a few years ago I wanted to try a wire tuck for myself. Sure I could've bought some shelf made harness from someone and remained ignorant about my own car. Or I could dive head first into the wiring of the car and get a better understanding of what does what. During that period I've had problems with the major 3 - tps (ground wire in shielded wire was contacting signal exposed signal wire.) - knock sensor ( http://vimeo.com/5195325 ) - maf sensor ( http://vimeo.com/4795047 ) I've learned the various symptoms of not having these three items work and enjoyed the benefits of figuring it out and getting them to work again. When working on my clutch the other day I noticed that my maf wiring was resting on my downpipe. To better illustrate why this is bad, see below. to give you an idea, you wouldn't want a wire that helps run your car sitting on hot red metal. Now it may be a slight exaggeration because I don't ...