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Easiest way to pass through power leads for amp?
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<blockquote data-quote="Oldfart" data-source="post: 1508262" data-attributes="member: 25546"><p>I tried cutting a small hole in the middle of the nipple to begin with, and was getting nowhere. I couldn't figure out why if felt so strange to cut. I knew I didn't want to slice the flat part if I didn't have to. I ended up bugging Bruce and he told me about cutting the nipple end off.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes it is! Thanks again.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you can see the groove in the first picture, cut it right there. That is actually where the hole starts. I had first tried cutting a small hole in the nipple end, I didn't know it's solid rubber for about 1/4". With my big hands the only way I could get at it to cut it, was with a full sized box cutter with the blade extended quite a bit. I actually had to hold the knife parallel to the firewall and hold it with my fingertips. What a pain in the ass! I used a sawing action and was able to slowly slice it off. I will not admit to how much time it took me to figure this out and get it done! Now I know why Bruce said he sometimes removes the whole battery box so you have a little room.</p><p></p><p>There is a second rubber barrier a little ways in after the first one. I ground a point onto the end of a coat hanger to poke through that one and put a bit of a curve in it to feed it, until I got the hanger to come out inside where I could see it. You can't see anything around the hole looking up from inside the cab, it's all blind. I then put a hook on the end of hanger to pull the wire through. I first tried pulling the 8 g power feed wire through with the coat hanger, but the hole is just big enough for the power wire and I could not pull both though. I then pulled a 22 g wire through with the hanger, then safety wired the thin wire and the power feed end to end and pulled the power feed wire through with the little wire. Lubed them with some silicone and some soap right at the hole and fed it through.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully this will make it easier for someone else. You can see in the picture where the blue wire (looks purple in the picture) is now fed through the hole that was hiding under that nipple end. The large tube just to the right of that wire is all the wires coming from the passenger kick panel fuse box. Thanks again to Bruce [USER=41472]@Hush Car Audio[/USER] for helping walk me through this. Thanks also to Noah at The Car Stereo Company for some great input along the way. I haven't installed/worked on stereos since the mid '80's. Shit has changed a lot since 8 tracks and cassettes!! This is one of those jobs that once you do it, it's pretty easy to do again, but if you've never done it, it's a pretty big pain in the ass.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.fordraptorforum.com/attachments/upload_2020-7-16_14-42-18-png.147878/" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]147891[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>You are just cutting off the tip of that nipple.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]147902[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Easy way to attach your fish/pull wire. It's not pulling off!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]147921[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldfart, post: 1508262, member: 25546"] I tried cutting a small hole in the middle of the nipple to begin with, and was getting nowhere. I couldn't figure out why if felt so strange to cut. I knew I didn't want to slice the flat part if I didn't have to. I ended up bugging Bruce and he told me about cutting the nipple end off. Yes it is! Thanks again. If you can see the groove in the first picture, cut it right there. That is actually where the hole starts. I had first tried cutting a small hole in the nipple end, I didn't know it's solid rubber for about 1/4". With my big hands the only way I could get at it to cut it, was with a full sized box cutter with the blade extended quite a bit. I actually had to hold the knife parallel to the firewall and hold it with my fingertips. What a pain in the ass! I used a sawing action and was able to slowly slice it off. I will not admit to how much time it took me to figure this out and get it done! Now I know why Bruce said he sometimes removes the whole battery box so you have a little room. There is a second rubber barrier a little ways in after the first one. I ground a point onto the end of a coat hanger to poke through that one and put a bit of a curve in it to feed it, until I got the hanger to come out inside where I could see it. You can't see anything around the hole looking up from inside the cab, it's all blind. I then put a hook on the end of hanger to pull the wire through. I first tried pulling the 8 g power feed wire through with the coat hanger, but the hole is just big enough for the power wire and I could not pull both though. I then pulled a 22 g wire through with the hanger, then safety wired the thin wire and the power feed end to end and pulled the power feed wire through with the little wire. Lubed them with some silicone and some soap right at the hole and fed it through. Hopefully this will make it easier for someone else. You can see in the picture where the blue wire (looks purple in the picture) is now fed through the hole that was hiding under that nipple end. The large tube just to the right of that wire is all the wires coming from the passenger kick panel fuse box. Thanks again to Bruce [USER=41472]@Hush Car Audio[/USER] for helping walk me through this. Thanks also to Noah at The Car Stereo Company for some great input along the way. I haven't installed/worked on stereos since the mid '80's. Shit has changed a lot since 8 tracks and cassettes!! This is one of those jobs that once you do it, it's pretty easy to do again, but if you've never done it, it's a pretty big pain in the ass. [IMG]https://www.fordraptorforum.com/attachments/upload_2020-7-16_14-42-18-png.147878/[/IMG] [ATTACH=full]147891[/ATTACH] You are just cutting off the tip of that nipple. [ATTACH=full]147902[/ATTACH] Easy way to attach your fish/pull wire. It's not pulling off! [ATTACH=full]147921[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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