Tom,
Use an electric paint stripper gun. It will put out enough heat to
shrink the tubing to it's limit. But be sere you are using the right
size for the job. The stuff only shrinks so far. If it is too large,
you still won't get a tight fit.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of T. S. White
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:11 PM
To: Triumphs List
Subject: Srink wrap?
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?
Thanks,
Tom
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