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Originally Posted by afterburn 549
3M 5200
Comes in black or white.
Good for holidays in the outback.
Sinking boats when the tide comes in.
It should be in your toolbox it will be your best friend.
Tenacious
waterproof
Put it in the storage bin,
Way stronger than liquid tape.
Get to know it .
You will use it again and again.
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Looks like great stuff but not sure how I'd insulate small wires w it(?)
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Originally Posted by red-beard
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Looks great, would I have to wind each wire like regular electrical tape or is it applied lengthwise?
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Originally Posted by RANDY P
What I was thinking, cut and splice / solder if you have to and reinforce around the soldering points to prevent fracturing.
If it's not critical to running and not too hard to access I'd even use butt connectors. Strip the wire all the way to the connector, leave about 2" of bare copper showing going up to the connector, cut the old wire away.
Take another piece of fresh wire about same gauge, strip the casing off and save the casing- slip it over the 2" bare wire going to the connector, you have just reshielded the wire. Butt connect it there to hold it in place.
Connect fresh wire between the two terminals. Done. Put in loom for protection
I do this when I install capacitors inline for audio, works fine.
rjp
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Thought about doing this as well. The advantage to recoating the wires somehow is that all of the resistance should be 100% correct as from factory. They are not critical to running but do connect to oil pressure sender/gauge, oil level sender and starter solenoid.
Butt connectors and the same gauge wire would probably work fine.
I can't forgive MB for doing this, just shameful.
