blk97z28

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Hey I have a little bit of a problem with the old Z latley. I have not driven it much but I was out in the garage today and I decided to pop the hood and check things out. I checked all my wires and they are all fine but #5. The header and wire are extremely close to each other and I put some protective wrap on the wire and the wrap melted to my PS headers. How would I go about getting that melted plastic off my #5 header tube? How would I go about pulling the wire back out of the way. I will get some pics shortly. All comments and suggestions are welcome and appericated greatly. Devin

blk97z28

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93Z286spd

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HONESTLY.. that plastic tubing you are using is pointless.. why do i say that ? many many years ago when i got my car and did the first tune up i did not to "protect" the wire. it does nothing. What i've done is while under the car, i have used a ziptie to hold it closer to the head. I never had a problem after doing that. Here in FL 6 years ago or so when I decided to do FULL exhaust ( long tubes and 3" custom dual exhaust ) i did that. I just swapped everything again due to an optispark swap. When i pulled that wire off, i had no damage. Just get under the header and work some magic. it can be done. good luck. if you need specifics just PM me.

beavis

ABA383

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#5 has always been an issue for our cars with headers...Before I went with an OTVC set up I used to get a long wire and go up and over the valve cover and back down on to the plug. I used a rubber insulated metal clamp on one of the valve cover bolts as a loom and it worked fine for years...

--Alan

dhdenney

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I have done the #5 around the brake lines and back over before. It did not arc so I left it that way. I soon bought a Delteq but am currently using OTVC wires.

Hugger-96-lt1

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I did the same!


Blk97z28- I told you on your thread when you posted pics of your header installation to make sure all your wires are away from the headers!!! lol

blk97z28

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I know I know lol, I need to find another way to re-route the wire, could I get some plug wire cover stuff that I seen being used on the LS1's but make is long to cover the wire?

Revelation Z28

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go to autozone and get the accel heat sleeves. you usually use them for OTVC setups, but you can use them on the stock routing.

dhdenney

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But they're only about 5" long. I think you can get longer lengths in Summit.

Revelation Z28

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mine were about 8". they have 2 sets. these are plenty to cover from the boot to the top of the valve cover in a curve.

dhdenney

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I must be thinking about the ones I saw at Advance the other day.

donkey mule

I used msd super conductors and accell heat sleaves. I then went under the car and used zip ties around oil dipstick to pull wire back from the headers. I hope this helps, I know how much of a pain that #5 wire can be. Good luck!

blk97z28

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Thanks , ya all the others are fine but dam #5 was just a pain, I am taking the #5 wire off and re-routing it over my fall break I have a weeks so I'll do it then. I have the heat sleaves just sitting in a back i got two of them cuz the #5 is the only problemed one. Thanks for all the input on my problem.