No, actually I replaced my cable and didn't re-wrap it with anything. I did however wrap my wiring harness by the egr with heatshield products metal exhaust shield, it's like foil on both sides with fiberglass between.
Works out well so far, but not my entire engine is removed and getting...
Thanks for this write up! I Just finished swapping out mine, this made it quick and easy. Especially with the note about removing the old cable and it needing to be higher than the brake resivour. OEM picked up for about 75 bucks. It's butter smooth! My 95' has 240k on it. Stock cable was toasted.