Suggestions for Header heat wrap or Electrical heat wrap? Burned the wires...
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Suggestions for Header heat wrap or Electrical heat wrap? Burned the wires...
I'm sure some of you saw the threads I made about a fuse under the hood continuing to blow. Well it turns out that my SLP headers had melted through the heat wrap and black wrap around my wires going to the starter on the passenger side.
Anyway, tomorrow I plan on removing that portion of the engine harness and fixing the wires and taping it up along with trying to reroute it. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get some quality material or tape or anything to put around the electrical wires or that portion of the headers to cut down on the heat. I went around to the stores looking for a "heat wrap" of some kind but never found anything. If you have some tips or anything please let me know. Thanks.
Jason
Anyway, tomorrow I plan on removing that portion of the engine harness and fixing the wires and taping it up along with trying to reroute it. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get some quality material or tape or anything to put around the electrical wires or that portion of the headers to cut down on the heat. I went around to the stores looking for a "heat wrap" of some kind but never found anything. If you have some tips or anything please let me know. Thanks.
Jason
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Originally Posted by JimmyxBly
I'm sure some of you saw the threads I made about a fuse under the hood continuing to blow. Well it turns out that my SLP headers had melted through the heat wrap and black wrap around my wires going to the starter on the passenger side.
Anyway, tomorrow I plan on removing that portion of the engine harness and fixing the wires and taping it up along with trying to reroute it. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get some quality material or tape or anything to put around the electrical wires or that portion of the headers to cut down on the heat. I went around to the stores looking for a "heat wrap" of some kind but never found anything. If you have some tips or anything please let me know. Thanks.
Jason
Anyway, tomorrow I plan on removing that portion of the engine harness and fixing the wires and taping it up along with trying to reroute it. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get some quality material or tape or anything to put around the electrical wires or that portion of the headers to cut down on the heat. I went around to the stores looking for a "heat wrap" of some kind but never found anything. If you have some tips or anything please let me know. Thanks.
Jason
Hope this steers you in the right direction.
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I used DEI Cool Tape to wrap the wires around my headers...I couldn't find it anywhere local to me...had to order it from Summit. As for the hose idea, I remember from back in my auto parts days that Walker makes a very high-temp hose intended for use with some emissions systems...it's similar to the orange hose SLP supplies with their installation kit...the Walker hose is green...hope this helps.
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Thanks for your help guys, I found some stuff for the electrical wires and just left the headers as is. However, I did reroute the wiring harness to follow the dipstick down do the starter. Seems to work pretty good. I have zipties everywhere under the hood, but at least it works. That starter sure is a pain getting back in, but all is well now and it starts like a charm after 11 blown fuses. Once again, thanks for your help and I appreciate your responses.