This is my first thread on the HAMB, I do hope it is worthy. I have been stealing ideas from you all for some time and this is my way of giving back a little. I am in the process of building myself a traditional hot rod 34 Ford roadster. All I started with is a title and an empty 8BA block, the latter of which is the subject of much of my time at the moment while I wait on body and chassis parts to arrive. My motor build requires the use of a MSD distributor and ugly 8mm wires which will not fir the chrome pre-bent wire looms that keep the wires tidy so I had to get creative. Fortunately I injured my sciatic recently lifting the tranny and the Dr. prescribed Flexor and Vicodin, that led to a dream sequence and thus the following idea. This is my process of building loom-less, heavy gauge, suppressor plug wires with an old school flair for neat freaks. First carefully remove dry-cleaning from metal hangers, Next, assemble the tools you will need; ohm meter, wire crimpers, electrical tape, marine shrink wrap, heat gun, wire cutters, pliers, scissors, Crown Royal. Next layout plug wire from plug to cap routing it is you want it to lie and cut a coat hanger to length leaving ample room at either end to avoid contact or proximately with cap and plug electrodes. Then secure it every 4 or 5 inches with a layer of two of electrical tape. I purchased the wire loom in colors to coordinate with my flathead from Sacramento Ford. I used exactly 2 bags of the wire cover in this process. Next step is to insert wire in loom, this can be difficult if you use too much tape. I use the Susan Summers method, grabbing the loom with one hand resting on my left knee, plug wire in my right on the opposing knee and do the thigh master thing to coerce the plug wire into its new sheath. After which I shrink wrap the cap end thusly On the plug wire end I crimp the ends that came with the wires. I originally was going to use Rajal ends but the ohm meter did not like them…at all. These ends installed and shrink wrapped look pretty good. If you measured correctly, you need only to install the wires making bends where appropriate to achieve a tight fitment. I opted to run the wires up to the plugs and I like the way it turned out. For an added detail I used some straps from a collection of golf bag tags I have lying around to secure the wires. A old school wire tie if you will. there you have it, thank you for your time and attention. Your feedback is appreciated.
hmmmm....all I see is a blown flatty....I'm running an old mallory dual point, and stock replacement plug wires on the blown 427 in my Chevy II. seems to work ok, to the tune of 9.96 @ 134. A friend had a blown flatty in his deuce, and he wimped out and had an MSD box on it, but used the good old fashioned wires and Raja clips on the plug end. Drove it that way for years. Maybe I'm missing something, on the need for all that modern stuff in the ignition system? Anyways, neat job on the wires!
"Grammar Police" here......it is "loom", not "wire" that is the object of "invisible" To the OP.......clever idea......beautiful Flatty! Ignore the fuddy duddy naysayers. Ray
Prefaced with Vicodin and flexor induced thoughts man!! Cut some slack where its due I can't see what's holding the wires like I can with the chrome tubes That pic 7 is a major tease
I wish that I had thought of that; maybe some Vicodin would help? Great idea that I am sure to steal.
My back Dr. has me on Percoset, and this idea looks DANDY! Love those little golf bag belts...I saw some of those in an Adult book store, under 'novelties'. Can't imagine what they're for...
Great first post, it would have been a good Tech Week entry. It's the first HAMB electrical post I totally understood. Bob
That's great news bob , I was waiting for you ask if invisible wires cause invisible fires Just kidding
... might want to learn how to spell "definition" before throwing around too much sarcasm Bandit Billy- nice idea!
Thanks for the tip, should come in handy when I run my ignition wires in a month! Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
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