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Wiring Harness Restoration |
bkrantz |
Jul 31 2020, 08:41 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,735 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I have a bunch of questions about restoring the main and engine harnesses.
Any material or process to restore flexibility in the wire insulation? Same for the original outer tubing? For breaks in wires and large holes in the insulation, I think the best solution (short of running a complete new wire) is to solder-splice the break, and cover it with heat-shrink tubing--yes? Any good way to seal small holes and cracks in insultation? When replacing missing or broken spade connectors, crimp only or crimp and solder? |
JeffBowlsby |
Aug 1 2020, 09:35 AM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,478 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None |
Your intent and motivation is admirable. For the engine bay harnesses, do yourself a favor and keep track of your time and costs for researching all aspects of this project, workmanship requirements, special tooling, circuitry analysis and sourcing specific parts, some of which it is doubtful that you will be able to locate, at least not without buying in bulk quantities with long lead times. When you ultimately realize that you may end up with a spliced, taped together harness with incorrect parts on your classic car, at a cost (if you value your time) of significantly more than purchasing a new harness, consider...please consider...just buying a new replacement.
Candidly this post is in part self serving, but I am also trying to help you in an unself-serving way as your brother in this 914 community for over 20 years. All of this has already been done for you and the end result is available to you for a reasonable price, quickly, with the benefit of skilled and experienced workmanship. Unless you just like the journey and thats cool too - the journey is priceless - total respect for that. In that regard some free advice, worth only what you paid for it (nothing!)...split corrugated conduit, and its clunky connectors, have no place on our cars. Nor do the red/yellow/blue insulated 'squish on' terminals from the Orange or Blue box stores. These indicate the ultimate DAPO wiring hack job. |
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