[DeTomaso] Now, that was easy! AC Hoses

[Garth Rodericks]

No. There's a structure ridge/channel in there that the hoses sit atop. It 
serves as a shield to protect them.





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From: Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
To: Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net>; DeTomaso Mail List <detomaso at realbig.com>; 
Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>
Sent: Fri, September 24, 2010 12:40:24 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Now, that was easy!  AC Hoses


Does anyone worry about rocks etc. being thrown up in the wheels wells and 
damaging AC hoses or wiring?
 
Ken

--- On Fri, 9/24/10, Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com> wrote:


>From: Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>
>Subject: [DeTomaso] Now, that was easy!
>To: "Rob Dumoulin" <rob at dumoulins.net>, "DeTomaso Mail List" 
><detomaso at realbig.com>
>Date: Friday, September 24, 2010, 11:53 AM
>
>
>I just did that a few weeks ago on my car. I also removed the steel tabs that 
>held the wiring harness and the ac hoses as they're also routed behind the 
>fender. 
>
>
>
>
>--- Original Message ---
>
>Possibly one of the easiest cosmetic alterations I've done was to relocate the 
>wiring harness that runs inside passenger side of the back trunk to the wheel 
>well.  For those who, like me, wondered why Detomaso didn't do that in the first 
>
>place, I suggest you spend an hour doing the relocation yourself.  Forgive me if 
>
>this is widely known, but I didn't know it.  Simply unplug the connector near 
>the coolant tanks, write down the wiring order that goes into the connector, use 
>
>a jewler's screwdriver to compress the clips from the front of the plug, and 
>simply pull the wire & wire connector out of the bulky white plug that is too 
>big to fit through the fender hole.   With the wires free, feed them through the 
>
>fender hole where rear running light goes out.  The wire is long enough to run 
>along the top of the frame rail in the wheel well.  Simply put the wires back 
>into the white plug, hook it back up, and put some fasteners to keep the wire in 
>
>place on the frame rail.  Why didn't they do this to begin with?  --  Rob 
>DuMoulin 
>
>
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