Listers,
I recently repaired the wires which connect to the starter on my TR6. The
original wires had become excessively "baked" from the exhaust manifold
heat. It got so that if I flexed the wires, the insulation would crack and
the copper strands were exposed. Not a good situation (even though
everything still worked). I peeled back the harness tape and spliced in new
wires (using the correct colors, solder joints etc) and re-wrapped with the
non-adhesive tape.
In an effort to prevent the recurrence of the "baking" I then encased the
wires in the split loom harness wrap found on most modern cars and at most
auto parts stores. When I got back from a drive yesterday I noticed the
split loom wrap had begun to melt from the ex. manifold heat. I guess it is
not meant to withstand the temps around the TR6 starter. Fair enough, I'm
willing to replace it.
The question is, what is a suitable wrap for high temp wiring applications?
Ideally, it would be clear so I can still see the color of the wrapped
wires. But I suppose I'll take anything that'll work. Any ideas greatly
appreciated.
BTW, it might be worthwhile to check your starter wiring for the same
symptoms. I suspect they are all susceptible to this potential problem.
Especially the later TR6 which had a few more wires on the starter than the
early ones (I think).
--- Peter Zaborski CF58310UO ---
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