Harbor Freight sells a liquid electrical tape that you brush on.
I've never tried it so I can't say if it works or doesn't work. I would
imagine its just liquid plastic.
...Art
On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Charlie Frazer wrote:
> I have a 1980 LE I bought this summer, and have just gotten
> around to doing some work on it. The PO had powered the radio in an
> unconventional manner with a wire running through a hole drilled in the
> firewall to the starter.
> Having pulled the console, I see why. The normal radio power
> source (white wire with green tracer) is damaged. The wire itself does
> not appear to be burned but it does appear to have been pinched in
> several places and the plastic insulation has been scraped away and/or
> melted in several spots for the length on 1/4" to 3/8". Since only
> about 4" - 5" of this wire protrudes from the harness, there's not much
> undamaged wire to work with.
> Is it possible remedy this situation with something more
> permanent than wrapping with electrical tape? (In other words,
> reinsulate the wire?)
> I'd like to replace the POs set-up becuase it appears unsafe,
> and is also inconvenient in that it's not switched.
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks,
> Charlie Frazer
> cfrazer@oregon.uoregon.edu
>
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