Front OEM swivel seats out this afternoon after an early dart. As well as swapping them, I need them out the way for the tow bar electrics, split charge and Erberspacher install. I'll be flogging them when I'm back in the UK but there will be a different ad thread for that.
Two nuts at the front, oo'err, and two bolts at the back gets the seats out - a quick win there!
There are loads of fuses under the passenger seat so I need to figure out what to do with them. I'd like to keep the leisure battery and CTEK that side so it is closer to the starter battery. I'll give it a fettle tomorrow and see what I can do.
I also started to run the cable from for the towbar. I was worried about this having never done it before but, so far so easy!
The first step was to wire the plug up, easy following the instructions. The second step was to remove all the plastic covers down the passenger side as well as the engine undertray. It was mostly held on by bolts which I removed using an 8mm socket. I used my new trolley jack and axle stands for the first time which made working underneath the van much easier.
The cable goes through the middle of the suspension arms front and back to avoid moving parts and getting crushed. It goes along the passenger side inbetween them, although I might change that tomorrow. It is only loosely tie wrapped on at a couple of spots at present as I wasn't 100% sure, I'll sleep on it.
One point to note was that I can't really see why you need to run the black and white cable under the passenger seat as it doesn't attach to anything!? They just get crimped in a loop - a bit odd but I'm not an electrician so I'm sure theres good reason.
I then taped the battery end of the cable to a gardening cane to navigate through the engine bay and tidied it up at the top behind some quick disconnect fuel lines. I got as far as attaching the positive and earth to the battery. The battery cover needed a little cutting at the bottom to allow the cable to sit neatly underneath it. I'm quite chuffed with a tidy job here.
I couldn't identify where the grommet through to the dash was. It didn't help that it was pitch black outside so no ambient light available. Time to call it a day.
Next step, find the grommet...