The black patch is the thing you are going to "poke thourgh". Use your finger and poke your finger through it. Then use a metal coat hanger and put it all the way throgh. Then, just stick your wire into the hole and jeep pushing it through. Then, look under the dahs above the clutch pedal.. kind far up there, you'll see and pull it. I don't see qhat was so hard. I ran my 8guage all the way from front to back in 20 minutes. Even sealed up the hole nicely and put the cowl and wipers back on.
As for sealing, just use a liquidy all weather sealant in a tube, gob all over the wire and around the hole and use a blow dryer t quickly set it up. WOrks just fine. I've washed my car proably 20 times since my install using high pressure and no probelms. Make sure you use the small circle gromet that is "unused" to go into the cowl area. Just cut a small little slit in ita nd push the wir ethrough that.
