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New loom?

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Have a strange hankering to completely remake/manufacture a loom for my 2.1 for no other reason than i can (oh, and also the loom is 25 yrs old and full of corrosion :mrgreen: )

making a pin board up in next few weeks.

Anyone else done it, got links, pics etc? :ok

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Not done one for a VW, done a bit of one for a Buccanneer.
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I was talking to a chap a couple of years ago at the Slough swapmeet as he was selling new looms for bays and splits,I asked if he had done one for a T25 and he said no but thought it would cost around a grand to make one!
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You can still buy a lot of looms new from vw. Many many configurations though.
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if a replacement was made I wonder how much cable could be removed that are not required for "your"van,do they fit extra cables for different markets/engines etc that are not needed and can be removed also if thin wall cable is used that must make a difference for weight and ease of fitting?
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Just curious how many different colour combination wires are there on a standard t25 loom? :)
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scottbott wrote:I was talking to a chap a couple of years ago at the Slough swapmeet as he was selling new looms for bays and splits,I asked if he had done one for a T25 and he said no but thought it would cost around a grand to make one!


:shock: :shock: :shock:

Wasn't to clear in OP.

Just going to remake whole engine bay loom, everything engine side of the multiplugs etc in black box. Will take pics and let you know how I get on. Reckon there's less than £100 in it using all new cable and terminals but using oe junior power timer plugs etc (have a small ultrasonic cleaner I can put them through once terminals are out)

When you consider cost of new AFM, TB etc it's got to be worth it having something not full of corrosion :ok

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