Firewall Opening for power wire

[JNT1]

Does anyone have a picture showing the location of an opening in the firewall? Ideally on the passenger's side. I'm trying to run a wire from the battery.

This would be for a 2005. I read a post that talked about one on the passenger side but it sounded like this was on an 03 and not there on an 04 or 05.

Thanks,
Joe

 

[stamp11127]

It would depend on how involved you want to become, there are areas that you can add a wire on the passenger side but according to the diagrams it is tight to work in.

How many wires and what gauge size are you wanting to run?

 

[GAINMOB]

i'll take a pic of mine tomorrow...I used an existing hole...u can always make one for ur wire if u wanted to but MUST be careful to ensure there are no wires or anything else where the hole will be and use a grommet so the wire(s) don't get frayed...

 

[GAINMOB]

what size wire for amp are u using?

 

[JNT1]

Thanks for the reply. As of now I'm just looking to run a wire from the battery to inside for a power inverter and to add more power at the dash for accessories. I also need to run a wire from a dash to the front via a relay for some extra lights. Probably 14 gauge for the switch and 12 or 10 for the inverter.

 

[JNT1]

i'll take a pic of mine tomorrow...I used an existing hole...u can always make one for ur wire if u wanted to but MUST be careful to ensure there are no wires or anything else where the hole will be and use a grommet so the wire(s) don't get frayed...

Picture would help, Thanks. Yours was the post I read before where it seemed like your truck had a different firewall set up than the other 04.

 

[stamp11127]

How many watts is the inverter rated for? Just venturing a guess, the 10-12 wire will be very undersized for any mid range inverter. If you are going around 2000 watts, the cable will be around the size of battery cables depending on length needed.

 

[JNT1]

I haven't fully specked out the inverter project as that is happening later. I'm working on the exterior lights first. You are no doubt correct though depending on the size of the converter. I'm probably just putting in a small one. I have one connected to the cigarette lighter that works fine for almost everything I have needed. I just want to hard wire it instead of plugging in.

 

[ManUpOrShutUp]

I went through the factory grommet above the pedals on my '11; I believe you have the same grommet on your '05. I removed the tape on the grommet and re-wrapped when I was done. I used electrical tape to attach the wires to a long cable tie and routed the cable tie from the engine compartment to the passenger compartment. The cable tie is stiff enough to get all the way through, but flexible enough to bend as needed - and it won't damage any of the factory wires as something like a small screwdriver would.

 

[GAINMOB]

There's one he can use on the passenger side

Mr. 10K