Date:         Sun, 4 Feb 2007 10:59:07 -0800
Reply-To:     TC <trclark@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         TC <trclark@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: The wire harness becomes brittle
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Ok no opinion here perhaps the .ca's on the list know of canadian retailer/
wholesaleers
where you can get
-thermal protection split tube's
-4 fi connectors
frank or ben ??
I also want to take those 6 engine ground wires & combine them inside the
split tube & have just one heavy guage
wire make a single ground spot on the engine encased in the conduit
I am semi experiened with wring but i want to make it looks like real pro
job
so what type of connector would you use to combine all the 6 engine ground
wires from the harness
in side the conduit to 1 heaver guage wire that you tie to the engine block
----- Original Message -----
From: "TC" <trclark@SHAW.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 1:18 PM
Subject: The wire harness becomes brittle


> So I have had number of issues with my wire harness recently & found a
> younger harness
> that is not so brittle
>
> so first I want to clean up the newer one change boots for the fi & there
> are 3 or 4 wire that are bit
> stiff so i will cut those back & re-crimp the ends etc...
>
> But I look at my 87 bmw 325i with 300k on the clock it has none of these
> wiring issues that the van has
> because  it use's that split loom tubing ...
> My belief is that the cheesy plastic sleeves do a poor job of protecting
the
> wires from the temperature
> ranges in the engine compartment && the fact that the sleeve seems to
always
> be cut too short such that
> the last 1-3" or wire are exposed rather than the enclosed in the plastic
> sleeve
>
> I think if I were to take this new to me harness strip all the low life
> plastic sleeve off & replace it with
> split loom tubing with thermal protection like
> http://cableorganizer.com/convoshield/
> & run the tube right up to each joint or connector & leave no wire ends
> exposed
>
> This issue of the wring in the engine compartment would be put to sleep
for
> next 5years at least
>
> Is there any thing else I can do is there a wire dressing i can spray on
> this harness to make it more flexible
> Is there a better product than that convoshield/