You dont need to pass the wires trought the door. Its much easier. Near to the brake pedal you have a hole that communicates the engine with the interior of the car. Sorry 4 my english
Hi Gareth, Many thanks for the video. My wife has exactly the same make model (and colour :) ) car as yours and needs a working horn for the MOT. Not wishing to go near the CIM board where the actual problem lies this video may save me some wasted hours (especially feeding the wire back to cab). Please could I ask what gauge you wire you used and what rated inline fuse you used too? Many thanks, Matt
I haven't got the car anymore unfortunately so can't check. It was fairly thick speaker cable. I did try with a more regular gauge wire (as would be fitted to a standard car stereo system) and had very mixed results so went with a thicker gauge which did the job nicely. Can't remember on the inline fuse I'm afraid; it would have just been something taken from left over wiring removed from a cars sound sytem but I'd have thought anything more than 10A would be overkill
Hi Gareth. I am struggling to remove the rubber grommet in the door jamb. Did you remove it completely to get the wire through and how exactly did you remove it?
Hi, it came off quite easily with a large flat headed screwdriver from memory and it was removed completely. I seem to remember it being harder to get back on that it was to get off just because it's in an awkward place
Thanks Gareth but I have found a simple way of getting the wire through the engine bulkhead. If I may, I will explain for the benefit of anyone else contemplating doing it. If you look where the bonnet cable goes through the bulkhead ,standing outside facing windscreen a few inches to the right and a couple of inches higher is a rubber grommet about 1 /14 inches in diameter. I drilled an 8 mm hole in it and usung sellotape I attached my wires to the tip of a 6 mm threaded rod. I pushed the rod through the grommet and feeling behind the pedals pulled a length of wire wire into the car. I then withdrew the rod making sure the wire was left in car. After removing the light console as described by another contributor I used a piece of fish wire through the hole I wanted to use in back of light console. I sellotaped the wires to fish wire, pulled the wire through. Job done 10 mins .
Absolutely fine: if you find a better way of doing something then by all means share with the rest of us. I am a long way from being any kind of mechanical genius!
As someone who wires cars for a living, I'm not very impressed with this video you do realise that doing this is extremely dangerous and is a major fire risk even with an inline fuse. Those wires you ran through the wing, into the car aren't the best for that job as the coating is very thin, remember the earth of the car is the body the positive has only got to touch the body of the car and you'll end up with melting wires and allsorts. There are ways through the bulkhead if you do some research.
One to be aware of for anyone attempting this at home. Obviously, I don't wire cars for a living, just trying to work a way around the overcomplicated manufacturer's electrical system. I couldn't see a way through the bulkhead but obviously there must be one somewhere and knowing where it is will make this a much simpler job so research beforehand and be safe
What a clown. Claims to be a professional but only comments negativity. Why not comment offering help or how you would do the job as you claim there’s better ways ? Instead your whinging about how you’re not impressed. 🤦🏽♂️
Seems to be a common problem with these. I have a friend who pretty much deals in breaking Vauxhalls and he wasn't aware of any easy fixes. I didn't want to spend too much on a car we were selling after MOT anyway so figured a horn button has no need to be as complicated as Vauxhall made it!
@@garethhollis3201 brilliant lol. I have the vxr nurburgring edition with the same cim issue. I'll be stripping the cim to clean all the connectors ect and hopefully it solves it as it doesn't happen all the time 👍👍
Just a tip to remove the light switch. If you press the big switch and turn right at the same time the switch panel just pops out.
Thank you; every day is a school day.
The CIM contacts only usually need cleaning, very common.
I've never had to replace one.😎
Good to know!
You dont need to pass the wires trought the door. Its much easier. Near to the brake pedal you have a hole that communicates the engine with the interior of the car. Sorry 4 my english
Good to know. Too late for me but might help someone else out :)
Hi Gareth, Many thanks for the video. My wife has exactly the same make model (and colour :) ) car as yours and needs a working horn for the MOT. Not wishing to go near the CIM board where the actual problem lies this video may save me some wasted hours (especially feeding the wire back to cab). Please could I ask what gauge you wire you used and what rated inline fuse you used too? Many thanks, Matt
I haven't got the car anymore unfortunately so can't check. It was fairly thick speaker cable. I did try with a more regular gauge wire (as would be fitted to a standard car stereo system) and had very mixed results so went with a thicker gauge which did the job nicely. Can't remember on the inline fuse I'm afraid; it would have just been something taken from left over wiring removed from a cars sound sytem but I'd have thought anything more than 10A would be overkill
Hi Gareth. I am struggling to remove the rubber grommet in the door jamb. Did you remove it completely to get the wire through and how exactly did you remove it?
Hi, it came off quite easily with a large flat headed screwdriver from memory and it was removed completely. I seem to remember it being harder to get back on that it was to get off just because it's in an awkward place
Thanks Gareth but I have found a simple way of getting the wire through the engine bulkhead. If I may, I will explain for the benefit of anyone else contemplating doing it. If you look where the bonnet cable goes through the bulkhead ,standing outside facing windscreen a few inches to the right and a couple of inches higher is a rubber grommet about 1 /14 inches in diameter. I drilled an 8 mm hole in it and usung sellotape I attached my wires to the tip of a 6 mm threaded rod. I pushed the rod through the grommet and feeling behind the pedals pulled a length of wire wire into the car. I then withdrew the rod making sure the wire was left in car. After removing the light console as described by another contributor I used a piece of fish wire through the hole I wanted to use in back of light console. I sellotaped the wires to fish wire, pulled the wire through. Job done 10 mins .
Absolutely fine: if you find a better way of doing something then by all means share with the rest of us. I am a long way from being any kind of mechanical genius!
Could you not just run 2 wires straight from the existing horn fuse to the new switch?
Maybe. Not sure without having the car to hand anymore but definitely would have been worth a try lol
As someone who wires cars for a living, I'm not very impressed with this video you do realise that doing this is extremely dangerous and is a major fire risk even with an inline fuse. Those wires you ran through the wing, into the car aren't the best for that job as the coating is very thin, remember the earth of the car is the body the positive has only got to touch the body of the car and you'll end up with melting wires and allsorts. There are ways through the bulkhead if you do some research.
One to be aware of for anyone attempting this at home. Obviously, I don't wire cars for a living, just trying to work a way around the overcomplicated manufacturer's electrical system. I couldn't see a way through the bulkhead but obviously there must be one somewhere and knowing where it is will make this a much simpler job so research beforehand and be safe
What a clown. Claims to be a professional but only comments negativity. Why not comment offering help or how you would do the job as you claim there’s better ways ? Instead your whinging about how you’re not impressed. 🤦🏽♂️
I could do with this doing to my car my mot is coming up and i found out this morning the horn has stopped working fueses are fine
Seems to be a common problem with these. I have a friend who pretty much deals in breaking Vauxhalls and he wasn't aware of any easy fixes. I didn't want to spend too much on a car we were selling after MOT anyway so figured a horn button has no need to be as complicated as Vauxhall made it!
Is that speaker wire 😳
yes
@@garethhollis3201 brilliant lol. I have the vxr nurburgring edition with the same cim issue. I'll be stripping the cim to clean all the connectors ect and hopefully it solves it as it doesn't happen all the time 👍👍