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Offline p3eps

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Re: How do you get the battery out?!
« Reply #20 on: 11 July 2007, 22:18 »
So just peel off the whole rubber seal and squeeze my arm in?!

I need 3 core cable - so perhaps some mains cable would be strong enough with the flexibility I need.
Its dark now - so I'll hopefully have time to give it a go tomorrow.
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Re: How do you get the battery out?!
« Reply #21 on: 12 July 2007, 16:14 »
yes, the panel will lift up enough if the rubber seal is totally removed.

Any cable with a bit of weight to it should do the trick.
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Re: How do you get the battery out?!
« Reply #22 on: 12 July 2007, 19:45 »
Right...
I removed the rubber seal and had a go!
I managed to get my arm in with a pair of pliers and tried to grab hold of the grommit.  Unfortunately the same thing happened, and it fell down the back!
God knows how to find it again?! 
Anyway - I pushed my finger in and tried to find the 'slit'.  I didnt seem to have one, so I pushed a pocket knife in through the foam and then pushed my finger in to expand it a bit and make sure it was right through.  I could then feel metal when I put my finger right in.

I threaded my cable in downwards and pushed about 1.5 meters through the hole.  I undid the 2 thumb screws in the footwell which allow the foam top bit to be moved.  I then pushed my hands up and grabbed about - and felt nothing!
I unreeled my cable and tried again.  I must've tried about 15 times in total, but every time there was nothing there.  Eventually it started raining - so I quickly put my rubber seal back in and gave up!  My cable is about 4mm thick and pretty sturdy.

My arms and hands are all shredded and bleeding :cry: (the inside of the metal bits are sharp!) and I'm no further forward!  I'll need to try again soon - and see about filling the hole from the grommit with something!
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Re: How do you get the battery out?!
« Reply #23 on: 12 July 2007, 21:23 »
not having much luck are you?

I can only suggest that once the cable is poked in, get you head under the dash with a torch and have a good look up between the plastic bits to try and see it. I seem to remember my cable ended up more towards the front of dash, so I just reached in and pulled it down the last little bit. I think that was the first attempt as well, so I must be very lucky then.

And the grommet will be stuck between the foam and the bulkhead somewhere so you wont get it back.
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Re: How do you get the battery out?!
« Reply #24 on: 14 July 2007, 18:08 »
I went for it today!!!

Removed the glove box, and poked the cable through.  No wonder I could never catch it - it seemed to coil up as soon as it got through!
I routed it where I wanted with plenty of tie wraps so that it doesnt rattle about and then put the glove box back together. It was only 7 screws, but a bit of a pain trying to get it back in on my own!

I took it for a wee drive afterwards - and there are no rattles... so I'm pretty happy!

Now I need to get a replacement grommit to fill the hole!
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Re: How do you get the battery out?!
« Reply #25 on: 15 July 2007, 11:17 »
dude, where are you locating the cable inside the car? or is the cable not going to the boot?
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Re: How do you get the battery out?!
« Reply #26 on: 19 July 2007, 07:14 »
Sorry for not replying - I've just moved house and the broadband has just been switched on now!
4 days without internet is a killer!

My cable is just into the ashtray area... its for my Micro RoadPilot.

Have you installed the Alpine / CanBus yet, and how'd you get on?
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Re: How do you get the battery out?!
« Reply #27 on: 19 July 2007, 09:09 »
nope not yet, may do it this weekend. however i need to find out where the heck im going to put a 0awg power cable, 3 racs and the remote cable... :-|
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