How an Automotive Wiring Harness is Taped.
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- čas přidán 13. 08. 2013
- How does Lectric Limited, Inc. tape an automotive wiring harness, using an original (70-year-old) taping machine, to ensure a factory-original looking wiring harness? Here's how it's done!
This particular taping machine is an ORIGINAL machine (restored) that was used to tape wiring harnesses for General Motors.
The harness being taped in this video is a Corvette Forward Lamp Harness.
Corvette, GM, Ford & Chrysler wiring and electrical products can be purchased from www.LectricLimited.com - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Very informative and interesting. I'm replacing a bunch of deteriorated OE loom and I now know to avoid using electrical tape as much as possible.
Great video! 50 years worth of car work and I always wondered how this was done! Thank you for posting!
awesome i want one , after making looms by hand this is magic
That is so cool! Ive always wondered how they were made, thanks!
Wow! Today the Health & Safety Dept would just love this machine.
Yes, I don't know why it's thrashing around so much, a vibration injury just waiting to happen. This home made one seems to have no shake at all; czcams.com/video/3QL1QaIwMwk/video.html
@@P.N.365 That's about as loose as it can be is why. The tape shows no contour whatsoever of the cables underneath and I'm aware that fabric style harness tape will show less, but properly cinched in like harness tape should be, you're still going to see cable definition poking through. There's no torque to that machine at all. Vibration in this case = torque because of the inequal load balance of the big ass tape spool whipping around the central area. The only good reason I can think of not to counterbalance it more would be to get that 'yank' effect of really stretching the tape tight to the surface. It could also be very likely this was never intended to be something you get your hands so fucking close to while running.
Thanks for the tips you have provided here.
I operated one of these machines for a number of years. FLIPPING Tiresome Work that was.
That's very impressive and interesting. I learnt something new today. Thanks.
amazing work. i love this attention to detail and authenticity.
Thank you!
So, how many times a week does an operator accidentally tape his hand into the harness?
: D
Or knocked a finger off with that machine
😂
I got to know the use of non adhesive tapes... And disadvantages of adhesive tapes... Thanks very much for the video...
Non-adhesive tapes are used to cover/wrap wiring harnesses. The disadvantage of using ADHESIVE tape (like electrical tape) is that the adhesive will degrade in a short time (months), will unravel, and become a mess. Watch this video for more information and answers to your questions. czcams.com/video/zSh8P461LuA/video.html
That's so cool!
and I was so close to doing some concentric twisting and some dr25 heat shrink sleeves when I can just tape the whole harness!
Good info, thanks
*Can we see this process again, but this time from another angle please ???*
This video may provide you with a different angle: czcams.com/video/oYInbkplsvg/video.html
lol
Do you know where I can get the tape on wire harness retainers that Ford uses?
Where can I get that table?!
Don't stick your um, uh, nevermind. Just kidding. Simply an awesome informative video!
nice vid thanks
Can you build an engine harness for a 1998 Chevrolet C/K 3500 454 / 7.4 engine
Where can I get a machine like this? I built my own simple machine and it works but it's not very slick. I'm using 3/4" TESA tape.
The taping machines we use are refurbished ORIGINAL machines, used to make wiring harnesses for General Motors 70 years ago!
So how exactly do you tie off the tape? To keep to from unraveling. Make a knot some how?
Sorry. We missed showing that to you. We tie-off the end with one simple knot. Nothing fancy.
where can i get the the connectors for the main balk head from the fire wall ?
There are 2 bulk head connectors. The one that is attached to the back of the fuse block and passes through the firewall, and the connectors that connect are part of the Engine and/or Forward Lamp Harness. We do sell a few, but not many, bulk head connectors. Those can be found on the on-line catalog of our website www.lectriclimited.com . Of course, all of our applicable original wiring will come with new bulkhead connectors.
What is the part number for the harness tape? Is it silicone fusing tape?
We offer harness wrapping tape in various widths. See www.lectriclimited.com/repair-components/ Don't forget to enter your year/make/model of vehicle. It is available in 3/4", 1" and 1-1/4" width. Please give us a call (708) 563-0400 or visit our website www.lectriclimited.com to order.
+lectriclimiited do you do restorations of old harness
We do not. We only make manufacture new wiring, made to the original blueprint specifications.
You said the adhesive from common electric tape attracts oil? How so?
All adhesive-backed tape will attract dirt, dust, oil and anything else that will stick to the adhesive. Static-electricity on the tape speeds-up the process.
Interesting..
I'd like to see how he ties the knot at the end
Sorry. We missed showing that to you. We tie-off the end with one simple knot. Nothing fancy.
Built 60 years ago says it all.
Wow that's crazy, I wonder if I could just make one using a small motor from harbor freight
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Oh good they have a plastic shield for eye protection.
What no adhesive tape is that you are using. Brand name and product number
We sell this tape in various widths on our website: www.lectriclimited.com/repair-components/
Do you guys do datsuns?
At this time, we do not manufacture wiring for foreign-made vehicles.
why not use a heat shrink sleeve instead of tape?
Since we make exact reproduction wiring harness, and heat shrink sleeve was not originally used on these harnesses, we don't use it. There are also a lot of other reasons that no manufacturer uses heat shrink tubing to cover a harness: not-flexible, can't break-out wires, cost, application impossible while assembling, etc.
@@LectricLimited you also cannot slide them past the breakout points, and over connectors etc. you would have to build through them which is how we do it for military harnesses.
Heat shrink better for splices, non adhesion tape is just fine.
Really cool to see this...scary as fuck though 😱👍
where the heck do you get the tape?
WE SELL THE TAPE! It's the same tape we use on our wiring harnesses. It is available in 3/4", 1" and 1-1/4" width. Please give us a call (708) 563-0400 or visit our website www.lectriclimited.com to order.
did you find the tape?
I used vinyl non stick tape from amazon. PVC tape
Del City dot com!
www.lectriclimited.com/repair-components/
This machine looks awesome.
But unfortunately here in Australia work safe would be all over this.
I wonder how people do this now without that machine?
Shows him tie end at 4:33
I thought it used to tape with hand
I dread to think what would happen should the operator get his hand caught
Surely a cloth based tape like that made by German company Tesa should be used. It is the only type of tape I've seen used in any European vehicle.
Cloth-based tape is used in certain areas of US-made cars, and we do use cloth-based tape in those areas. Since we made exact reproduction wiring harnesses, we use what the original manufacturer (GM, Ford, etc.) used.
Oh look a finger in my loom
You’re telling me I gotta hire a guy for $75/hr to do this?
No....you can go buy your own vintage taping machine, try to do it yourself, and pay the medical bills after your hand is flung across your garage. Your choice.
I can do faster than this using my hands only 🤠
I do this with my hands
WOW, an so he jus does that all day?
No. Not all day. He also assembles and circuit tests the harnesses before the taping process. And not all harnesses get taped. Later model car harnesses are wrapped with convoluted tubing.
Fucking crazy.
A 'restored' vehicle without new looms/harnesses ain't restored!
That is extremely dangerous.