Re: Meanwhile, on the other Little Car project...

[farna@xxxxxxx]

There's not enough pressure on the hose in the big wiring harness grommet to colapse the hose, not if you can push the hose through. Just soap or silicone (NOT WD-40! it contains silicone... and paint thinner, as well as other ingredients not exactly kind to rubber) the hose and push it through! 

On February 11, 2005 Gwen Smith wrote:

> Frank (farna@xxxxxxx), you said...
> 
> >Which is exactly what I did when I installed one on my car. I believe the
> >dealer kits did the same thing, as installing that plastic piece or going
> >through the big rubber grommet (I have seen some installed going through
> >it though) is a big PITA! I think those were reserved for factory
> >installations iwth the dash out. It's real easy to get them in with no
> >dash in place, of course! You have to remember, most of the dealer
> >installed items came with instructions, but most installers took short
> >cuts or did it the way they thought was "better". You know, "if all else
> >fails, read instructions" .
> 
> ::nod:: Exactly.  'course, the only instructions I happen to have are for
> a different year, with a slightly different installation.  Getting it
> through the rubber grommet isn't as bad as it seems, at least for Little
> Car.  I'm able to feed a hose through there: I'm just worried about it
> collapsing in there.
> 


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