Tidying up an engine bay

[madmanluke]

i like the idea of the power steering bottle there Ben.

[cняis]

i like the idea of the power steering bottle there Ben.

funnel required for refilling! 

[madmanluke]

i bet

Cant help but think of a different bottle that could be used with a filler neck that could come out the side of the wing so you cant see the actual bottle its self

[tech1889]

so move battery to boot and leave a bit to jump start hows that work.. im not taking the piss just curious.. and AA van i once saw had a big bullet connector type thing on front of his van and had special jump leads.. can you just do this and hide the jump lead points ??

[cняis]

so move battery to boot and leave a bit to jump start hows that work.. im not taking the piss just curious.. and AA van i once saw had a big bullet connector type thing on front of his van and had special jump leads.. can you just do this and hide the jump lead points ??

cable block is on my inner strut:

You lift the cap (marked with the big "+" symbol) and there's a big metal jump point under there 

[tech1889]

ohh sorry missed that.. looks nice..

[Benrevs]

The majority of BMW's have boot located batteries with a big chunky 20mm thick cable running through the car to the engine bay. Scrapyard is your friend on that. The positive box as in Chris's picture is also from the beemer.  I also put the washer bottle in the boot, it was a small one used for the BMW's headlight washers. The good thing with engine bays is there are no rules so use your imagination!!

[tech1889]

So you have positive in the bay.. where do you earth out to ??

And instead of a beemer cable.. cant you just buy a heavy duty cable and make it up yourself ??

[Sam]

So you have positive in the bay.. where do you earth out to ??

And instead of a beemer cable.. cant you just buy a heavy duty cable and make it up yourself ??

Well surely you just earth out in the boot on a really shot lead, perhaps to the chassis? Then in the bay you can earth out to wherever your want

[tech1889]

i dont like the sound of that