Easy wire loom

[NOBLNG]

I had this idea while trying to drill holes in a piece of flattened wire like I have done before. I took four pieces of the 0.042” o.d. Wire insulation that I use for spark plug boots and glued them together with CA. Then I reamed them with a 0.024” drill bit to clean out any CA and give decent clearance for the 0.020” plug wires. Then I sliced a thin sliver off and threaded the wires through.? Not as nice as photo etch looms,  but good enough for this lump of an engine.?

 

Edited January 12, 2023 by NOBLNG

[Joe Nunes]

A real nice tip!  ?

Joe

[cobraman]

Clever.

[bluestringer]

I like it. Will have to try it.

[StevenGuthmiller]

That's actually a pretty nice result!

 

 

 

Steve

[Bainford]

Greg, that is brilliant. And I disagree with your comment about PE. Your method looks much better than PE ever could. One could even take a little section from the top of each tube section, exposing some of the wire passing through it, much like 1:1 plastic wire looms do. You could even install them by snapping it over the wire, rather than running the wire through it. It would make for a cool effect using a black loom on yellow or red wires, etc. 

[NOBLNG]

1 hour ago, Bainford said:

Greg, that is brilliant. And I disagree with your comment about PE. Your method looks much better than PE ever could. One could even take a little section from the top of each tube section, exposing some of the wire passing through it, much like 1:1 plastic wire looms do. You could even install them by snapping it over the wire, rather than running the wire through it. It would make for a cool effect using a black loom on yellow or red wires, etc. 

By golly, that could work.? These are .020” wires also. Pretty delicate work though.?

Edited January 13, 2023 by NOBLNG

[Bills72sj]

Gee, I would find this just as I finished installing the plug wires on my Rocket 455.

[Bainford]

10 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

By golly, that could work.? These are .020” wires also. Pretty delicate work though.?

Yes! That looks fantastic. Nicely done, I'll be using this method for sure. Cheers.

[Jiml0001]

Fantastic idea!    They look great.   Thanks.  

[lucky 130]

this is such a great idea. I am in the process of building a custom 58 chevy and have been looking for just this kind of thing, and you've given me more money saving ideas. Thanks Mike

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

Hmmmmm.....thanks for the tip.... -RRR

[MeatMan]

Thanks for posting this!

[Smitty]

I love this idea! Simple, inexpensive, and I think they look really good.

Thankyou Greg!

[iBorg]

This looks much closer to many OEM wire looms than PE. PE looks more like an aftermarket piece. This is a great idea.

[StevenGuthmiller]

I really had good intentions of trying this technique on my current project, but like a stubborn old mule, I reverted back to old habits and made a couple out of styrene sheet.

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[jaymcminn]

That looks fantastic and it's just in time for wiring the engine on my Porsche 911 build. These look way more like the plastic looms Porsche uses than the PE ones!

[bobthehobbyguy]

What a fantastic tip. Thanks for sharing it.

[NOBLNG]

No problem fellas!? I pick up a LOT of tips here and I am happy to reciprocate by passing along anything I happen to stumble upon.?

Edited March 20, 2023 by NOBLNG

[ctruss53]

Great idea.

[NOBLNG]

And… another method. My plug wires are .020” diameter. So I cut a Piece of .020” thick styrene to .080” wide, and wrapped some .011” beading wire around it.

Then I snipped off the extra length.

Carefully straighten the legs enough to get the wires in.

Place the looms over the wires and crimp the legs back down.