engine wiring harness ID tag

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Now that I can see the end of the body shop saga off in the distance, the time has come to attend to wiring harness issues:sick:

The retaping part has come along fairly well. I discovered some variability in quality of splicing within the harness...some splices are secured by brass/copper crimp-style connectors, some are soldered, but all were protected by electrical tape under the outer layer of loom tape. No burned spots, little to no corrosion at the exposed splices, although some terminal spade and bullet connectors will need replacing....After de-corroding all connections with DeOx-It, a light coating of Kopr-Shield and subsequent retaping of the splices and branch points I'm at the final retaping stage.

But I've hit a snag--the ID tag.

Here's a pic of my original. Faded ink, some red overspray, some tar flecks but still legible. Barely.

I've scanned it into my photo-editing software and am in the process of manually retouching the numbers and unifying the background color. It's tedious, but may be my only option..Has anyone had luck in this area? Is there a way to restore these? I've not seen anything like it on the aftermarket, so I figure I'm on my own...The material is a thin plastic that I may be able to get my printer to print on, but I have no leads on where to find something similar....

Any ideas? Stay with the weathered original?

Thanks,

Steve

[nwcubsman]

Got an invalid attachment error message while trying to open your attached bitmap files.

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fixed...I hope....

[nwcubsman]

If your goal is a concours show contender, then you must do what you must do. If just a great cruise in/ driver, no need in my opinion. But, if it will bother you or you have time on your hands, knock yourself out!

[Arne]

There's a shop in San Diego that does high-dollar harness restorations. Their descriptions always mention restored part number tags. I've bought stuff from them in the past, and they seem to be good people. You might contact them and ask about the tags. I can'tt seem to find their e-mail right now, but here's a link to one of their current eBay auctions:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300092798612

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Yes, I'm familiar with that guy and his auctions. His work seems quite nice from photos, but I don't know of anyone who's bought them...$550 is a steep price to pay, especially when everything on my harness works and will look 90-95% as good as his with 100% functionality. My harness doesn't look brand-spanking new, no--but the car will not be quite to concours level when finished, either. (I'd hate to feel guilty driving it around, so some small aspects will be sacrificed....brand new rubber protecting the plugs on my harness is likely one of them!)

Still, thanks for the idea about emailing him. I may try to contact him through this auction, but I have a feeling that may be "rude"...maybe I can locate his website or something....

Thanks,

Steve

[Arne]

I'll continue to look for his e-mail address. Might find it eventually. I agree about the price of his harnesses, I first chatted with him when I was looking for a dash harness for my yellow car. Couldn't justify the price for a driver.

But I did by a very nice E12-80 ignition module from them, and they were decent people to deal with.

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...of my finished product. For 1972, with manual trans. Feel free to download it--maybe someone has a good idea on how to print it on material that will withstand weather without getting ruined--hopefully we can make a workable solution for the club!

I know everyone wants to have a restored harness tag visible in front of their rad support....:stupid:

I had some trouble with the bitmap file earlier, so let me know if it won't download correctly.

Steve

engine harness tag mod.bmp