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uns from under the dashboard forward through the front bulkhead of the<br />
monocoque and through the tunnel to the back of the car. Both the front and<br />
rear auxiliary looms unplug to enable the front and rear panels to be removed<br />
complete with their own lamp wiring looms. By using its own wiring loom at<br />
the back and making connections under the dashboard the completed car is<br />
very neatly wired.<br />
The standard Rover Metro steering column switchgear is retained within the<br />
<strong>Libra</strong>. No wires run through the passenger compartment.<br />
Wiring loom and electrical component assembly<br />
Consult drawing No 27. Lay your K Series Rover Metro wiring loom out on<br />
the floor and identify the basic layout. The main body of the layout runs<br />
across the car inside the dashboard. This part of the layout has the fuse box<br />
attached to it and the plugs for the steering column switches and the<br />
dashboard loom. The fuse box is on driver’s side of the car. Running forward<br />
from this loom on either side of the car are two legs which, on the standard<br />
car run forward to the lights on either side of the car. They can be identified<br />
by a large grommet on either leg. This grommet is approximately Ø60mm.<br />
The grommet is used where the wiring loom goes through the front bulkhead<br />
of the car on the Rover Metro and is used in exactly the same manner on the<br />
<strong>Libra</strong>.<br />
On the passenger side of the car just before the wiring loom goes through the<br />
large grommet there is also a leg of the wiring loom which on the standard<br />
Rover Metro runs down the passenger side of the car to the rear of the car.<br />
This leg of the wiring loom has approximately 40 wires in it. This rear leg<br />
leaves the wiring loom that goes across the dashboard at a junction and then<br />
approximately 100mm from the junction spurs leave the wiring loom with black<br />
plugs on them which on the standard Rover Metro are used for the electric<br />
windows and central locking. A further 120mm along there is a purple and<br />
white lead approximately 200mm long that has a single spade connection.<br />
After this lead allow approximately 100mm and cut the wiring loom at this<br />
point all the way through the 40 wires. The rear end of the wiring loom is not<br />
used at all on the <strong>Libra</strong>.<br />
As on the standard K Series Metro the legs of the front wiring looms run<br />
through the bulkhead of the <strong>Libra</strong> through the standard grommets and down<br />
towards the head lights on either side. A small auxiliary wiring loom is used<br />
on the <strong>Libra</strong> to wire the head lights etc and then comes through a grommet on<br />
the passenger side of the car in the radiator ducting to a plug to enable the<br />
bonnet to be removed without having to undo all the head light wiring etc. The<br />
main auxiliary loom on the <strong>Libra</strong> connects to the standard wiring loom on the<br />
passenger side of the dashboard through the standard grommet on the<br />
passenger side and then connects to the standard wiring loom at several<br />
points before going through the tunnel to the rear of the car. At the rear of the<br />
car the <strong>Libra</strong> wiring loom connects to all the auxiliary equipment and then<br />
through to the back passenger side of the car where it is plugged into another<br />
auxiliary wiring loom which runs to the lights at the rear of the car to enable<br />
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