At 10:10 PM 8/27/03 -0700, T. S. White wrote:
>I spent today working on my wiring. Soldering and shrink wrapping the
>new wire terminals has been easy. I have run into a problem though when
>shrink wrapping longer sections of the loom. I am using 1/2 & 3/8 inch
>shrink wrap on multiple wire stretches of the loom in my wheel well. I
>am having a difficult time getting the wrap to shrink tite even though
>it is barely larger than the wires themselves. On the wire ends I used
>a cigarette lighter. I bought a 1875 watt hair dryer today to do the
>longer sections and it seems to have no affect on the shrink wrap. Thus
>far I am still using the cigarette lighter.
>
>I do not want to use an open flame in the engine compartment next to my
>fresh paint job. Can anyone suggest an efficient method of shrinking
>the wrap tight?
I bought a heat gun at Home Depot (NFI) for about $30-35 with an adjustable
heat range that is perfect for what you are trying to do.
Irv Korey
74 TR6 CF22767U
63 TR4 VSCDA Group 2 #58
Highland Park, IL
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