Wrapping a wiring loom .

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Originally Posted by drivesafe

Hi Brian, spiral wrap is OK but is more intended to act to keep the wire loom together whereas split tube will also give some protection.

Cheers.

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Spiwrap is used on the better class of heavy duty trucks, KW, Western Star,Mack, on the air piping and wiring purely for protection

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Originally Posted by RR5L

Talking to the electrical guys at work today and they suggested Tesa 51006 for hand made looms Its both Oil and Fuel resistant and handle temps up to 150 deg C.

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Hmm, good info. I'd like some of that. If there's a minimum quantity on an order, I'd take 1-2 rolls.


From their site:

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tesa Cable bundling tapes

tesa 51608/51606 : thick PET fibre tapes for noise insulation of cabling tapes in the passenger compartment of cars.
tesa 51006 : PET cloth tape for cabling tapes in the motor compartment (oil/fuel resistant)

tesa 4163/4173 : soft PVC cabling tapes

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Ron

I prefer the split tube, easier to do modifications to the loom at future dates :)

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Originally Posted by p38arover

Hmm, good info. I'd like some of that. If there's a minimum quantity on an order, I'd take 1-2 rolls.
Ron

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Im talking to thier rep on Monday see what he has to say.

Hey Rob is the car on the road yet?? Or still sitting up Freds hoist?:D :D

Would love to see it in action some time. It's a pearla!

Now that Ive changed Jobs, Ive actually got some time to do some work on it. Wait and see what happens my friend