"R. Toby Atwater" wrote:
>
> My sprite was sitting for almost a month because of my botched
> electrical job I did on it. I ran my wires under the car and sure enough
> after a few months, they chaffed and shorted. I am running my wires now
> right next to the stock line and that seems like the safest place for them.
> After a month not driving my sprite the joy ride\test run was bliss. I then
> heard echoing in my head "don't shift till the tach goes round" from some
> previous post, and when I got back I had a grin from ear to ear.
> I just got back from a great Saturday night and the sprite didn't miss a
> beat. I'm loving it.
>
I did the following. I bought some of that flexible/split black wiring
harness stuff from JC Whitney and ran that from the fuel pump relay to the
back of the car. I then ran my wire for the fuel pump inside this
harness stuff. I figure this will prevent it from chaffing and shorting
out. If by some strange event it does chaff it will still be inside the
plastic wiring harness. The stuff was cheap, about $12-16 for 100 feet.
Oh yeah I also wired tied the harness in place to prevent it from moving
about. YMMV.
Bill Gilroy
77 Midget
90 Shar-Pei
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