Engine Bay Live...?

[fatony1 17]

I disconnected all of my engine bay wiring before painting the engine bay and fitting a GTI-6 engine, and now im having a bit of trouble figuring where everything goes I dont think i helped myself by doing a battery in boot conversion at the same time.

 

Now from what i read, i assume this is the shunt box?

 

 

At the moment i have a plug connected to it from the engine bay loom as you can see here, i assume this is how all the lights etc get their live?

 

 

I also have connected to it a small seperate loom that plugs into the rad fan cooling swich

 

 

If this is right so far, how exactly does the shunt box become live? Where do i connect the big red cable from the battery? I also have a terminal on the starter motor with nothing connected to it, again assuming im right, is this how the engine loom becomes live?

 

Thanks in advance.

[welshpug 1,666]

big red cable connects to the 10mm nuts on the end of the shunt box, you need to connect big red cable to starter and alternator as well.

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Big red cable goes to here-

 

 

then to starter and alternator

[All Praise The GTI 3]

bugger me ive never seen cables on a gti that clean

mine are always covered in grime

[fatony1 17]

So i assume my best bet will be to crimp a large ring connector onto the big red cable and attach it to one of the threads, then a smaller bore red cable from the other piece of thread to the starter and alternator?

[welshpug 1,666]

I wouldn't go smaller, that's a fair increase in the length of cable, wouldn't want any drop in power.