The 'E' Type Forum

My main wiring loom, running from behind the dash and through the bulkhead/LH footwell and then on forward isn't currently tucked up out of the way in the footwell where it should be. I am about to glue it in place but am in doubt about whether or not there should be a P clip holding it in place. I can find pictures of some cars with one and others without. Then some have a P clip fixing it to the outside of the bulkhead near the voltage regulator.

Typically, this aspect of restoration is not given many words and pictures in the restoration guides and blogs.

Is there a definitive answer to whether there should be a P clip holding the loom in the footwell or not? Chris Vine's blog doesn't seem to show a clip but that may not be correct.

What is the experience of the collective?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

This all looks original? You mention glueing it in..do you have the cover?..Steve ps quite a lot ore info here viewtopic.php?t=16571

Stuart and Steve, were P clips used much back in the day? Weren’t the wire looms held in place by welded on metal tabs at various locations where they were needed? (Bits of metal a fraction cheaper than a P clip so that would have been the preference by certain people!!)
Also the plastic strips with holes and a stud to hold to such parts as the engine frames.

Geoff

Hi Geoff...plenty of P clips used on a E type ...Steve..ps very original

Hi Steve, thank you. This shows why you’re a very knowledgeable moderator and I’m just a n other user

Thanks for the valuable help, Steve. I will fit a P clip. I have the one that came off the original loom and, by the look of things, it mounts on the inside of one of the regulator mounting studs. Unless anyone knows otherwise.

It's strange that some cars seem to have clips and some don't. I've spent an hour or two this afternoon shuffling the loom across to the left and inch or so to get it to sit neatly in the corner of the underdash.

Hopefully, tomorrow I will get it up in place and get the cover fitted. Then I can final fit the dash top and heater ducting.

Regards