I bet there were many people screaming, DON'T CUT THE WHOLE LOOM. Lesson learnt now Dean, the Audi will make a great car when finished.

Gorge - A narrow valley between hills or mountains 8:12 Gauge - The thickness, size or capacity of something, ie "tyre gauge" "gauge wire"

I always try to stagger cuts in wiring for that reason and also you don’t get all the shrink joints all in the same place, so less noticeable when you tape or conduit, but have been there in the past so feel your pain, live and learn

My OCD went off the chart when you didn't match the wire colors to each wire. That been said though......... you have much bigger stones than me for taking on these jobs. Just doing the clutch kit (and flywheel) on my 2002 A4 B6 3.0L Quattro took me 3 weeks of planning and sourcing parts. Thank you for all the amazing content you provide for us Dean. A Huge fan from South Africa.

I shouted NOOOO when you just went and cut the wire loom. Great job gettin it sorted though :)

Did make me feel funny when you just chopped it out rather than cutting one wire at a time. But glad you got it figured out in the end!

Well done I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have had the patience to do that 2hrs of finding and reattaching all those wires Dean absolutely brilliant Dean

Tidying up nicely Dean. Did a double take when you amputated the dead section of loom! All sorted now, and codes cleared thank god. Looking forward to the finished motor 👍😎

Heat shrink connectors is making my life sooooo easy. Best invention since sliced cheese....

Keep up the great work Dean! 🙌🏻 loving the content on the Audi!

Appreciate the wiring loom tape shout out, great job, glad you managed the ball ache wiring job. Paint also looks perfect 👍

Beautifuly done. One thing i have realised is that when soldering using some flux. It helps spread the solder to the wires.

Nice work Dean, I made the same mistake repairing a Renault loom, sadly they had lots of wires the same colour, in the end I had to replace the full thing.

Good lesson learned there, Dean! Car’s looking good…👍

Great paintwork looks stunning 😍

Great job mate, love the sq5.. hope you're family get to enjoy it soon 👍🏻

Rookie error, you'll never do that again! Well recovered though, so well done and best of all it works perfectly. Missing your weekly content, hopefully you'll be able to get back on track soon.

What fun to do some re-wiring without any diagrams but the solder in line splices are great 👍

Great video, as always. Proper informative. Keep 'em coming 😁

Dean great job on wiring glad worked out for you I wud dun 1 wire at time look forward to nx video 👍

Never got on with those solder connectors, the heat required to melt the solder melts the insulation. I like the crimped heat shrink style.

Greath day when You upload everytime!! thanx an keep on wrenchin for us!

*Look at how good that paint is looking* 🔥

Lol, when you chopped the cables I did have a moment where I went... Noooooooo... sure thought it straight after. Glad it came good though. This is looking like a great find now, well chuffed for you!

I would have probably replaced 1 wire at a time but all good in the end, what a really great car, I can see why you went for this car as I would myself, Well done Dean .

Great job in bringing these Audis back to life, it’s a crime the way car owners abuse these great rides.

Paint looks great . Colour suits that motor for sure. Well done on the wiring. When you cut the damage out I cringed. But fair play you got it done. The insulation may be gone bur wire core was still there. So you could of traced them. Good job bach.

The only way we learn is through our mistakes.......I'm sure you won't be cutting through any more wiring looms in future Dean! Really enjoying this build..........have never seen an SQ5 before. It's a great looking car & as they are not imported where I'm living right now, am not likely to see ever see one. Keep up the great work!

Everyman to his trade LOL, it never ceases to amaze how a someone so obviously talented with mechanics can be thrown by a few simple wiring issues 😀😀 but then again I would be the same if the situation was reversed.

Rookie error with the cables, it's going to be a nice car though. Love the vids mate 👍

Always fantastically interesting videos. Cheers 👍

Great content as always. Keep it coming 👍

Great job on the wiring, it will be a great looking car when it's finished

I did chuckle when you were cutting thinking “school boy error!!!” Also amused when you say gorge not gauge for the thickness of the wire!! And lastly did laugh when you said they painted the wiring then you cut it out anyway lol!!!! Other than that good content

An easy fix Dean looking forward the the next update.

Love the sq5! Looking forward to the next video

great content,thankyou Dean,have a good weekend.

Hi Dean. Good content as usual. Regarding the wiring. (I would have done exactly the same thing) Cut, Regret & Fix ☺☺ See you in the next one. 👍👍

Your a brave man, kudos to you mate!!!

Hi from durham dean👍👋 I was cringing and hanging on when you snipped the group out with no wire diagram 🤔 live and learn mate live and learn ( even if you cut and destranded one at time) taped and numbered using masking tape and reconnected one at a time man 🙈🕵 oh boy was that fun I bet arghh why I did I do this was top question to self 🤔😂 looks good job tho all ok in the end so 👍 great job👍 and on bodyshops side lol overspray why no sheet could bin thrown over I'll never know but yeah great job all round👍 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon👋

Added optional extra, very rare colour coded wiring loom

Great video,you’ve accomplished a lot,keep it up 👍👍👍😎😎😎

Awesome. Nice recovery.

*Well Done - stunning car !*

Job nicely done!!👍👍😊

Nice one Dean lovely car 👍👌

Always keep old wiring looming from all makes of car you change or replace and label the maker ! Thats what i do and they do come in handy when needed buddy !

Great vid Dean, headache solved

That's a serious wagon love it

Looks like a few guys were shouting nooooo when you cut the loom Dean. Dont know if you have heard the saying.. Its a fool who does the same silly bloody thing twice... Kinda sits in the back of my mind . That said I've got a horrible feeling I might be guilty. Really nice job jointing mate i'm impressed, its all turning out good.

Nice job dude!

Double click on the red modules in the auto scan to open them up. It's quicker than going backout and In to the modules individually

Great content 👌 👏

Great work.

Nice job 😀👍 took longer than you planned but it worked it ok 👍

Nicely done

You work on a lot of VAG stuff, the wheel alignment tool is one of the best cheap tools I've ever bought.

Gauge rhymes with cage 😂😂 Glad to see you using a heat gun and not the usual YT lighter. Good job done, but maybe do it wire by wire next time, not just chopping the loom each end.

Great content 👌

I wouldn't have cut the cable, but taken off the tape to locate each one. Did you hear me shouting at the screen? NO NO.....Still you got it sorted great job

Made a rod for your own back there, but lesson leaned I hope. Easy for me to say as an electronics engineer.

Awesome job on the wiring Dean! Experiance told you 'look at the fuses first' while I would of not trusted the work I did and checked every wire! :) BTW - Is there another follow part to this? Keen to see it all up and running.

Great vid dream car 👍🏻

I see you have your work cut out here Dean.......on that Little Tikes car in the garage. What does that need? A complete interior overhaul and then off for it's MOT?? 😂😂 Great content as always and the SQ5 paintwork looks lovely. Nice job on the loom too. I really don't like doing the electrics.

As soon as you said you were cutting the loom ,I shouted NO to the screen,but to avail. It would have been easier to change one length of cable at a time. But hay ho we learn buy our mistakes. Can't wait for the next video. But the way when you change the rear RSQ5 badge , re fit with a Black SQ5 badge and Black Audi rings. It will look finished and match the black Audi rings that are fitted on the front grill

Job well done 👍🏻

this gave me a good feelig. thanks.

Wonder if there is any universal loom plugs which you could have built up a patch harness to replace the part and then marry up to each end?

Good job 👍👍

Gauge, not gorge!! Car's looking good😎

Good work. I would have guessed the 3 ground wires didn’t really matter which of the 3 corresponding ground wires they were connected to as long as they went to ground

Said "yesss" at the same time as you!

Good job 👍

Good job 👏

Top job👍

As soon as you put the wire cutters to that loom i was like "Nooooooooo". Hes just opened up a world of pain for himself. I would have pealed it back as much as possible and separated the wires. Then cut and replace 1 at a time.

Nice job

Your not alone on the wire cutting bro sent the tee shirt. back on that one lol,

The moment you cut the loom, I was 😱

Yes re wires I have come across that before and always do 1 wire at a time, would split apart the melted wires so no shorts and then replace 1 at a time (easy for me to say to you, but I have gone through the pain of it before, never again) 'guage' = say 'gaage'

Very patient man 😂

If they're all connected to earth at one end of the cut and have continuity between them then it doesn't really matter which way round they're connected does it?

Interesting video, going to be a lovely daily for someone

Did you ever make the final video for the SQ5

Too late now but if you do this in the future you need to stagger the joins which will give you a flush or rather flusher looking loom rather than a load of connectors bunched up together. Also dont cut the loom!!! Great save though so far!

I think you just discovered it's a good idea to do them one at a time

Great job Watching you cut those wires, I was thinking what on earth are you doing, why isn't he checking out the situation thoroughly. Great lesson in life 😀 Looking forward to the next video. Safe driving. 👍

Thank goodness you're not Bomb Disposal 😂 😂 Great video matey 👍

With wiring, label, label label. And cutting, measure twice, cut once. As you learned now by experience, as we all did 😂

did your golf washer jets work? when i fitted them to mine i could get the washer fluid onto the windscreen. its really low down

1st keep up the great work mate

Thought these wire colour issues could have been possible on the Cerbera but not at all here . What a nightmare .

Same fuse rating?

Looks good without the Audi badge but that RS badge 😂

So when are you going to do a subscribers car as I would like to be the first one in line lol Great video

These solder joints aren't good for amperage,plus the resistance can be too high. Luckily it's for you.

Hi Dean :) Cant find the $th Video on this?? Would have loved to see it finished :(

Well done fixing the wiring in the end hope it passes the MOT

May sound like stupid question but I'm going to ask anyway, why does the wiring have to be twisted? 🤔

whatever happened to the SQ5? I don't see another vid.