Please see these few pics https://imgur.com/a/59D5D

How hard is it to insert my own cable/wire into that black tubing (the tube that carries the speaker's audio and power)?


Update: It's a 1995 Civic, which looks like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_...03-21-2012.JPG

 

If it's like the main harness from the cab to the firewall on a 5th gen civic, you can use one of the white bic pen tubes, use some lube to slide it through the black rubber tube alongside the wire and feed wire through that way, then just pull the bic pen tube out and over the remains of the wire before you pin it etc.

If not, most people tend to pop a hole through the tube to run their wire. Something I don't like to do.

It's not easy to get the wire through as there usually has been a fair amount of electrical tape wound around the wire the rubber tubing has been sitting over. The heat of summers usually allows that glue to seep some and so it's a sticky mess quite often just beneath the rubber which makes sliding fresh wire through a bit of a pain.

 

Hi TomCat39. Thanks for your reply.


> If it's like the main harness from the cab to the firewall on a 5th gen civic,

Mine is a 5th gen Civic too. 1995 Civic LX.


> before you pin it etc.

Not sure what you mean by pinning.

> It's not easy to get the wire through

Uh oh. I didn't realize that this would be a challenge. Hmmmm... I have an idea... what do you think if I just run my wire on the outside of that bundle and just wrap electrical tape around everything? Will this work?

 

That is a door wire harness. If you plan to securely run wires through the rubber loom, you have to pull back the rubber and disconnect it from the door jamb connector. Drill holes (at both connectors) where there are no wires. Run your wires through the holes, on both sides....door connector and door jamb connector

 

It's that tight in the door and jamb?

I saw extra wire ran through on my parts car (for door lock motors) and didn't notice any drilling done. I assumed there was some extra space filled by the rubber grommet-tubes in the door and in the door jamb.

OP what I meant by pinning is usually wire goes to a pin in a connector or you solder it to some device (switch, relay, etc). I was indicating you want the wire free and clear of any device until you pull out the temporary bic pen tube and slide it all the way down the wire to the end. Then you can connect the end to your device. If not, you end up with a bic pen tube with your wire through it and no way to get it off without unpinning, cutting the wire, or de-soldering from the device. Hope that makes a little more sense.

 

The door jamb connectors is a 2 portion part. The portion from the door snaps into the door jamb portion.

On my old '94 Civic LX sedan, my door locks worked sporadically a few days after I installed an alarm on it. Checked all my connections and when I wiggled the door jamb wire, it would work. My issue was rusted wire prongs within the connector (door jamb side, not the door side). If I'm not mistaken, it has a few sections that did not come with wires, which can be used for future wiring. To replace rusted/damaged prongs, you will need to source them from '96-00 Civic....behind radio. They are the correct size.