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Old Apr 8, 2025 | 01:15 AM
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run a wire through the firewall

Hey guys, I need to run a single 16 gauge wire from the cab to the engine compartment. I'd like to find a route with minimal removal of stuff. From the engine compartment on the right side just behind the ECU I can see access a wire penetration, however where it come through into the cab is totally blocked by the heater/blower assembly. Have you ever run a wire and found an easy way ? appreciate your experience/suggestions/recommendations. thanks (2008 F150 XLT super cab)

 
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Old Apr 8, 2025 | 11:35 AM
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A well planned hole drilled and a grommet work.
 
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Old May 2, 2025 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Nine6Teen
Hey guys, I need to run a single 16 gauge wire from the cab to the engine compartment. I'd like to find a route with minimal removal of stuff. From the engine compartment on the right side just behind the ECU I can see access a wire penetration, however where it come through into the cab is totally blocked by the heater/blower assembly. Have you ever run a wire and found an easy way ? appreciate your experience/suggestions/recommendations. thanks (2008 F150 XLT super cab)


there is the wire harness that had a huge black rubber hole that it sits on. Just find something sharp. And stab it though the black rubber piece. I installed cb radios and such at a radio store here in my local town. We wired them that way, used a sharp antenna and tapped it on the end and stabbed it through the rubber piece to the side.
 
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Old May 3, 2025 | 06:49 AM
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poke it through next to the A/C drain passenger side footwell, just pull the carpet back, you will see it. there's a grommet or foam around it, can't remember which one,
 
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