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Originally Posted by ///Monika
So sorry it took so long to get back to these posts. Had to go into the office (totally empty) yesterday and I was there pretty late. So I'm back at home, serving, being of service and all.
That fuse box is a real pain. Almost as if they were trying to hermetically seal it. Since we're trying to reduce as much attention (BMW techs) to the install as possible, we did the following (facing the vehicle):
- Removed the lid.
- Released the fuse box, placed it aside (as much as possible).
- Half way down inside and to the left (center on center), grab a right angle drill.
- Drill a hole just shy of 1/2" (we used a step bit).
- Grab a nylon PG7 (liquid tight strain relief).
- Take the spring contact wire (61130007438) and route the seal and nut inside the box.
- Now run the wire through the hole.
- Now take the wire (outside the box) and drop the outside part of the PG7.
- Now insert a heat shrink tube.
- Solder as needed to power wire then heat shrink over connection.
- Take the wire (outside) and place the PG7 over the heat tubing.
- Tighten and make sure there's no slack.
- Now you can pull the wire and tighten the nut on the back side (inside box).
That's it... I know you figured out another method but this is extremely clean and you will never notice. This also keeps you from trying to fit your hands in those hard to reach areas. I'll add pics to my LPFP to HPFP post and part numbers.
Be safe out there !
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Very Nice and Clean!!! Mine is a “get the job done” for sure... it’s really the only area I didn’t do a nice job on. Wish the community had this info about 2-weeks ago!
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