 Wiring Questions, Wife's Saab 900 has issues |
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 Nov 8 2006, 03:02 PM
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Mr. 3rd Place  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 537 Joined: 24-December 03 From: Rindge, NH Member No.: 32  |
Seems our model 86 Saab 900T is notorious for having wiring harness issues (85-87), especially in the engine compartment. The isulation gets brittle and cracks/disintegrates leaving sections of harness with exposed conductors and many resulting shorts. I've discovered many such spots on the wife's car.
Replacement harnesses are not easy to come by and a lot of discussion I've seen centers around doing a DIY replacement/rewire of the damaged sections of harness. Can anyone recommend a wire (insulation type, thickness, gauge) that would be suitable to use in our application and a wire supplier? I'm not concerned about correct color-coding. We just need the car to live a little while longer. Thanks! |
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Nov 8 2006, 05:20 PM
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Jegs - Supporting Vendor Group: Advanced Members Posts: 53 Joined: 29-June 05 Member No.: 792 |
Painless swears by TXL for automotive applications (instead of GXL, which is used for most automotive wiring nowdays). If you can get ahold of any of that, I'm sure it would be a good choice. The Teflon stuff seems pretty good too, though. We do have a bunch of it in stock now (HERE).
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Nov 8 2006, 08:33 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 311 Joined: 8-December 05 From: D/FW Tx Member No.: 1,005 |
QUOTE (ProjectJ @ Nov 8 2006, 12:20 PM)  Painless swears by TXL for automotive applications (instead of GXL, which is used for most automotive wiring nowdays). If you can get ahold of any of that, I'm sure it would be a good choice. The Teflon stuff seems pretty good too, though. We do have a bunch of it in stock now (HERE). 14ga is the smallest in stock? jb |
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Nov 9 2006, 03:09 PM
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Jegs - Supporting Vendor Group: Advanced Members Posts: 53 Joined: 29-June 05 Member No.: 792 |
QUOTE (jeffburch @ Nov 8 2006, 03:33 PM) 14ga is the smallest in stock? jb Yeah, they're kind of "testing the waters" for now. I am pretty sure they could get other sizes from their supplier, but are trying this out to see if it generates enough interest to justify bringing in more. QUOTE I suspect that you can mostly thank Painless for that implication. Yes. They were here not long ago doing a technical presentation. They really didn't claim it was any better conductor, only that it is very pliable and easy to run due to the thin wall and that it has a good temp rating. |
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Jeff97FST/A Wiring Questions Nov 8 2006, 03:02 PM
trackbird You can get teflon jacketed wire (it will usually ... Nov 8 2006, 03:15 PM CrashTestDummy Looks like they used a common wire supplier that F... Nov 8 2006, 04:04 PM
Dave Jones QUOTE Painless swears by TXL for automotive applic... Nov 8 2006, 08:29 PM
trackbird QUOTE (Dave Jones @ Nov 8 2006, 03:29 PM)... Nov 8 2006, 08:43 PM Dave Jones QUOTE (trackbird @ Nov 8 2006, 02:43 PM) ... Nov 8 2006, 09:00 PM Jeff97FST/A Thanks for all the responses. I knew I'd come ... Nov 10 2006, 03:48 AM CrashTestDummy QUOTE (Jeff97FST/A @ Nov 9 2006, 09:48 PM... Nov 10 2006, 04:24 PM |
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