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Finished wrapping the harness and made a cover for the firewall, I used Tesa TS-51036 tape to wrap the harness and black floor mat from Utilimaster for the sound and heat mat on the firewall, the mat is a heavy rubber lined mat use in the back of delivery trucks like FedEx and stands up to daily foot and cargo traffic as well as sound deaden. Tesa Tape is my favorite tape for automotive electrical wiring, once you use it you’ll never use vinyl tape again.



http://www.tesatape.com/industry/automotive/electrical_systems/wire_harnessing/tesa_51036,i.html



https://parts.utilimaster.com/utilmstr/runApp?id=5
Look for Part #: 14200607


No picture of the finished firewall but this is the template I made to transfer the pattern.
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A/C is mounted for the final time and I hope to finish the internal wiring tomorrow..:beer:
 
JMack, so you just wrap the wires in the tape, instead of some type of sleeve? I know how you feel with the a/c unit. I've had mine in and out a half dozen times and still not done. The wiring looks good.
 
Yes, this tape offers great abrasion resistance and holds the loom tighter than sleeving. This tape is made for wrapping automotive looms and it’s not bad to remove if you need to get back into the wires for some reason down the road. I will use a Kevlar sleeve around the loom in a few spots where I’m running it to the back for extra protection.

Dig around on the interwebs for Tesa 51036 or Tesa 51026 tape, it is the tape several European car manufactures spec out for their harnesses.


That little A/C box starts to get heavy after wrestling around with it for hours..
 
J Mack said:
Finished wrapping the harness and made a cover for the firewall, I used Tesa TS-51036 tape to wrap the harness and black floor mat from Utilimaster for the sound and heat mat on the firewall, the mat is a heavy rubber lined mat use in the back of delivery trucks like FedEx and stands up to daily foot and cargo traffic as well as sound deaden. Tesa Tape is my favorite tape for automotive electrical wiring, once you use it you’ll never use vinyl tape again.



http://www.tesatape.com/industry/automotive/electrical_systems/wire_harnessing/tesa_51036,i.html



https://parts.utilimaster.com/utilmstr/runApp?id=5
Look for Part #: 14200607


No picture of the finished firewall but this is the template I made to transfer the pattern.
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A/C is mounted for the final time and I hope to finish the internal wiring tomorrow..:beer:
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Does that tape retain any moisture?
 
PabloCruise said:
Does that tape retain any moisture?
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Sorry I don’t know, I would guess not any more or less than conventional tape but I don’t rely on tape as a moisture barrier so it’s not something I look at.
 
Well in the last four days I managed to go two weeks backwards, the first two days I spent trouble shooting my A/C blower only to find that Restomod had an issue with some of the early blower motors and associated wiring harness that I need to replace, so now I need to cut the Restomod harness out of mine and redo the entire thing then replace the blower motor, Restomod has been great to work with and sent me the new parts no questions asked but it still sucks.

I need a break from wiring after the blower issues so I jumped on some plumbing that needs to be done and discovered that all the parts I sourced for my fuel line is undersized so I’m scrambling to rectify now, I had new billet tank tops made for the fuel tank, bought all stainless fittings, 60’ of stainless tubing, push-lok fuel hose and a new East Wood pro flaring tool for the 37 degree flare all for 3/8” line before I spent the time to look into what was needed. My lift pump wants a fuel flow velocity under 4FPS and ½” line would be the minimum size to get me there, 5/8” looks better on the chart but I don’t know that I can realistically make that change with the tank pickups. I’ve read on the nets that guys where running 3/8” line and not had issues so just assumed that it was correct without verifying myself, my combination of parts needs ½”, live a learn.
 
Oh man, sorry to hear all that. some costly redos, both money and time. Now I wonder if my a/c blower and wiring are bad?
 
scrapdaddy said:
Oh man, sorry to hear all that. some costly redos, both money and time. Now I wonder if my a/c blower and wiring are bad?
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They said only five known units of the first 100 had an issue and they addressed it with a new blower and harness after that, looks like I had #5.

If you can hook power to yours and run it on the bench I would, as you know these units suck to pull out after the fact..:bang:
 
Sorry to hear. Sucks to end up with faulty parts. Better now though then when your running down the road and running into issue. Glad you caught both issues early.
 
npulver said:
Sorry to hear. Sucks to end up with faulty parts. Better now though then when your running down the road and running into issue. Glad you caught both issues early.
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It’s all good, I fully expect this will not be the last major setback in this dog and pony show so I’ll just continue to do what I do when this stuff pops up, mope around for a few days then start throwing hundred dollar bills at it.
 
Ferntucky said:
Hmmmmm.......
Then I guess her name is "Rainy"....o_O
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If we’re going to apply this logic her stripper name would be “Stormy” according to my sweet wife.
 
Well I found a job I couldn't screw up and completed my first step in the right direction today.
A/C and heater lines are in!
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What is the stuff covering your firewall? I'm going to have to get me some of the that.... I like that look.
 
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