Show me your engine bay!

[Drewboyaus]

Hello all.
I'm dead keen on tidying up the electricals under the bonnet of my '97 TB42e GQ and restoring a bit of order. What I'm looking for is clever ways of mounting fuse boxes etc in the engine bay as the space under the hood of a TB42 is limited.
Please share your ideas......I'm looking for inspiration (have you knocked up custom brackets etc), especially from petty owners but diesels are all good too.

[taslucas]

Lol, here's mine. The pic is from this forum but I know that if you google image "tb42 engine bay" then mines the third pic! So I just did that.

[taslucas]

Is that good inspiration?

[Clunk]

Google's great isn't it :D

[lucus30]

Lol, here's mine. The pic is from this forum but I know that if you google image "tb42 engine bay" then mines the third pic! So I just did that.

I'd probably cry if my engine bay looked like that. How does it still run??? ha ha

[Ben-e-boy]

There is wiring in there somewhere
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[happygu]

Here is Mudski's ... before his Nimble Loan


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[sil3nt_dr3ams]

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2014/02/14.jpg

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[Drewboyaus]

Nice......Where did you find the box you're using for the relays?

[threedogs]

some ppl use small Tupperware containers to mount anything that needs to be waterproof

[taslucas]

Google's great isn't it :D

Look up the thread called "tips to clean my engine bay"
It really is mine!

[taslucas]

I'd probably cry if my engine bay looked like that. How does it still run??? ha ha

That was after one day of driving
I'd cry if I there was no driving to do that made my engine bay look like that lol. Don't worry, I cleaned it.

[menace 2]

Nice......Where did you find the box you're using for the relays?

silent made it himself drewboy...there is a thread on it..

[Bloodyaussie]

silent made it himself drewboy...there is a thread on it..

Yeah get with it Drew.... he did that work about 8 months ago.... I think I hate him for it !!!!!!

[menace 2]

42835...you can fit up to about 1 inch flex conduit under the lip at the top of the inner guard to hide all wiring and just break into it to insert any extra wiring later ...on both sides and the full length from the front to the fire wall...

[Bloodyaussie]

I wonder if some of you lot ever go driving let alone 4wding?????

[menace 2]

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I put an extra fuse panel high up and out of the way on the fire wall...so just had to use a a small bent bracket to move the vacuum manifold off and out from the fire wall

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[menace 2]

I wonder if some of you lot ever go driving let alone 4wding?????

nothing wrong with keeping everything clean and tidy mate...makes it easier to clean the next time and see any problems..maybe I have more time than a lot of people !...and I personally have a fixation about engine bays..though I haven't been around mud in this thing yet admittedly..

[threedogs]

thinking Boots engine bay would be tidy and clean

[Wine_maker]

Nothing interesting in mine

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11017&d=1323672617

[taslucas]

Hey drew, maybe chuck up a pic of yours and we may have some suggestions

[lucus30]

42835...you can fit up to about 1 inch flex conduit under the lip at the top of the inner guard to hide all wiring and just break into it to insert any extra wiring later ...on both sides and the full length from the front to the fire wall...

Way too clean

[Drewboyaus]

Hey drew, maybe chuck up a pic of yours and we may have some suggestions
Thanks mate, I thought of that this morning once I got to work! I should have included a couple of pics. I'll do that when I get home.

[Hodge]

Heres mine clean. Nothing special. Most of the action is on the passenger side with the NADS, battery tray, compressor, air locker lines and catch can. Battery and radarc dcdc going in next week. Very clean.

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[mudnut]

This is the winch control box. It sits on a bracket made of mild strap steel, which bolts to original holes on the firewall and guard. The box is waterproof and is accessed by four easy screw locks and is way tougher than the original winch box. It would be a good way off fitting relays and other gear to weather proof it all. I have put plastic sheath on the cables since then, too.

[sil3nt_dr3ams]

Nice......Where did you find the box you're using for the relays?

I didnt i made it, its combined with the dual battery tray. I made both together i'll find pics tonight

[Ben-e-boy]

Here is the control box for my W2A intercooler. It is a cast alluminium j box I bought from Farnell for $14, I just stuck a piano hinge on it, its water tight and comes in all sizes and very light
Its not in that position any more the airbox is there it fits nicely under the intake piping behind the head light

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[Drewboyaus]

Here is the control box for my W2A intercooler. It is a cast alluminium j box I bought from Farnell for $14, I just stuck a piano hinge on it, its water tight and comes in all sizes and very light Its not in that position any more the airbox is there it fits nicely under the intake piping behind the head light <img src="http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=42890"/> <img src="http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=42891"/>

That is sexy wiring Ben-e!
Are they just regulation blue cable ties or did you use some Tefzel ones?

[CPOCSM]

nothing wrong with keeping everything clean and tidy mate...makes it easier to clean the next time and see any problems..maybe I have more time than a lot of people !...and I personally have a fixation about engine bays..though I haven't been around mud in this thing yet admittedly..

Agree with keeping it tidy. Nothing worse than digging around an engine bay and fighting to get around wiring and the likes. Loose wiring has a habit of rubbing against fittings and the likes and shorting out. A good trick with the wiring conduit is making sure the gap faces down as it will act as a channel for water and you will end up with water inside the cabin. Went for a drive with a friend and he complained about dripping water on his feet...a quick twist of the shrouding of his spotlight and UHF loom and fixed it quick smart.

[Ben-e-boy]

That is sexy wiring Ben-e!
Are they just regulation blue cable ties or did you use some Tefzel ones?

I dont even know what tefzel cable ties are. I just bought them from autobarn, they match the rest of the blue in the engine bay.

[Drewboyaus]

I dont even know what tefzel cable ties are. I just bought them from autobarn, they match the rest of the blue in the engine bay.

Not seen the coloured ones around much.....
Tefzel is used in high temp/radiation environments......used on space craft and they are blue.

[Bloodyaussie]

Hey drew, maybe chuck up a pic of yours and we may have some suggestions

Yeah wash your bloody engine bay!!!!!!!!!!

[Ben-e-boy]

Not seen the coloured ones around much.....
Tefzel is used in high temp/radiation environments......used on space craft and they are blue.

Well the ute is a bit of a rocket ship.....:p

[nissannewby]

I have blue, yellow, red and green zip ties. They are just normal zip ties but in colours nothing special lol. We use them a lot for work for disassembly and reassembly.

[Drewboyaus]

Ok, a few photos:


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Passenger side, second battery.



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Cranker



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Drivers side firewall



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Another angle of the second battery



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Engine bay

[brwndoggy]

This is the winch control box. It sits on a bracket made of mild strap steel, which bolts to original holes on the firewall and guard. The box is waterproof and is accessed by four easy screw locks and is way tougher than the original winch box. It would be a good way off fitting relays and other gear to weather proof it all. I have put plastic sheath on the cables since then, too.

did you get that with a winch, or did you buy it separate? and where did you get it?

cheers
Gavin

[billyj]

heres mine tb42e, now turboed

[Dradyz]

Here is Mudski's ... before his Nimble Loan


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Haha was scrolling through and thought to myself about this and next minute it's here

[Stropp]

This is mine but not the full engine bay


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[nicksamaniac]

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My rb30det, hope you guys approve.

[BigRAWesty]

<img src="http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=57477"/> My rb30det, hope you guys approve.
Big turbo. Of course we agree. Who wouldn't??

MudNut, you need to do this!!!