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Best Routing of wire to back of wagon

posted by  Bob Abouie on  Tue Oct 12 03:20 CST 2004
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I just put a second 12V outlet in my 745t ('90) in the footwell by the driver.
*(See below if you are interested it was easy.)

Now I want to run it back to the wayback - the door sills are the obvious route **but what about getting through the second seat and trim of the cargo area**? Ive seen a posting of how to remove that left side (my working side) panel and it sounds like a royale pain....

Any suggestions?

*(I did it by running a new power line off the POS + terminal and through the handy grommet my favorite Swedes put behind the left strut tower on the firewall. I got the lead at the parts store alredy rigged up with a ring terminal and a bladed fuse terminal (like a '90 745's fuses) within 3 inches of the start of the lead. This approcah leaves the original wirning harness intact, but is however unswitched. Search Brickboard for "12V socket" also for prior discussions.)








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    Routing the wire and putting 12v power socket in rear of 745

    posted by  Bob Abouie on  Tue Oct 12 08:45 CST 2004
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    Never Mind - I did it!

    Had to remove rear door sill of course, but beyond that I just loosened? or rather bent the left rear cargo wall panel to see where the wire was coming out. Beacause I was using 12 guage wire, I was able to snake it thru over the wheel arch with the regular wire harness, and it came out down by fuel neck, more or less, with a little help pushing it along when I could see it from under the wall panel.

    BTW, you have(?) to dismount the B-pillar trim to effectively remove the front door sill trim - the harness goes under the belt retractor here and it's not easily snakeable!

    Good place to flush mount the 12v socket on a 745- the oval plastic panel covering the taillight bulbs' access. Drill hole and buy one with a lid - make Outback owners envious! If you change your mind that part is $5 at the wrecker. Im doing it especially for my ski boot warmer!

    Mind where you drill the oval piece for proper clearance of the socket when installed. Hope this helps someone!








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      Routing the wire and putting 12v power socket in rear of 745

      posted by  the kick inside on  Wed Oct 13 08:26 CST 2004
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      in my 945 i put it under the side 'pouch' covers...pull the cover up and its theres...

      that was 2 years ago never got round to runnign the wire to it as it looked a PITA...thanks for the advice







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        Routing the wire and putting 12v power socket in rear of 745 700

        posted by  Bob Abouie on  Wed Oct 13 15:56 CST 2004
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        Cool I hope this works for you - I found I did not have to loosen the panel that rides under the seat back latch but I loosened it anyway - and as it says in the FAQ (cargo wall panel) LEAVE ONE OF THE THREE LATCH SCREWS IN - THE TOP ONE if you don't it looks like the whole backing plate will fall down behind the sheet metal - sheet! You shouldn't have to mess with this at all, but if you get curious...

        I considered doing it kinda like you said - on a lead that could be snaked out from below the deck, and also considered drilling the carpeted (on mine) wall panel for the flush mount - then it was such a pain to remove that and also the fuel neck is right there ... The hole for the socket fixture was 7/8" btw. My fixture came with a metal bracket which I swapped out for the plastic panel giving a flush mount.






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