Wiring Harness Tape

[KatoKid]

Hi all.

 

I'm working on tidying up my wiring harness which is a big fat bastard with muchos wires and I'm looking for suggestions on the best tape to pull it together tight and that will look good and wont turn to a sticky gooey mess in a hot engine bay. Ive used some standard black electrical tape that I had lying just to do some preliminary sorting and bunching but already after a hot day in the shed on Saturday its coming undone. Ive done a bit of research and it looks like many people use cloth tape like this http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Cloth-Wiring-Loom-Harness-Insulating-Tape-TUFF-External-/350654058577#vi-content as opposed to vinyl tape.

 

Does anyone have any experience with this type of cloth tape or and other recommendations?

 

Cheers.

[pauly_adams]

i just use good quality eletrical tape such as nitto brand

[Scoota G]

I used the nitto tape for my V8 Zed too running the wires for the coil and temp sender across the Drivers side and over the engine. Looks spot on and no issues with it going sticky.

[luvemfast]

For the extent David's gone to with his build.

Nitto tapes just not going to cut the mustard.

[PB260Z]

Gidday,

 

I have had good results with self amalgamating tape, it is far superior to standard electrical tape, not cheap though.

Available at number of places, I use the Nitto brand from Jaycar

 

Cheers

 

PB

[sexual_sushi]

What about something like techflex? It's a bit more painful to install but can be done very cleanly. I did all of my dizzy & electric fan wires in FLEXO PET and it looks pretty good, although these are just small bunches of wires.

 

http://www.techflex.com.au/techflex-braided-sleeving-products

[KatoKid]

Techflex is definitely the way to go but I need to de-pin everything to do that so its not an option.

 

Ive ordered some 3M Super33+ as well as some Tesa cloth tape and will try both.

 

Ive also ordered some heat shrink as well and wondering if an electric heat gun will provide sufficient heat to shrink or do I need to buy a gas burner one ?

[PB260Z]

Techflex is definitely the way to go but I need to de-pin everything to do that so its not an option.

 

Ive ordered some 3M Super33+ as well as some Tesa cloth tape and will try both.

 

Ive also ordered some heat shrink as well and wondering if an electric heat gun will provide sufficient heat to shrink or do I need to buy a gas burner one ?

 

I have a cheap GMC electric heat gun that I use for heatshrink jobs and it works just fine for me. Have used it on up to 20mm tube.

 

Cheers

 

PB

[sexual_sushi]

Yeah I have an Ozito heat gun and it's more than fine, will melt the wires if you're not careful. Let us know how you get on!

[KatoKid]

Thanks guys.

 

Nice to know I dont need to buy anything else!