Not being in the room with you to see what you're seeing, I can only suppose, but would it be worthwhile to consider binding the wires together so that the cracks in the existing insulation (I read that right, right?) will matter less while preventing them from rubbing together? I don't know about the metal channel on other cars (check out post 1966 if you follow that path since I'm almost certain there isn't anything on those years), but would be inclined to look at ways to: 1. Isolate each wire from the other (electrical tape or individual heat-shrink-wrap). 2. Encase the entire loom from mid-door to under the dash with a larger, encompassing shrink tube that when heated would squeeze the wires together so that they aren't flexing seperately, and therefore are "maybe" less likely to touch each other and short out, because you're using the existing remaining wire insulation to seperate the wires and they're now all bound together and flexing as one instead of rubbing against each other individually? The black big thick shrink wrap that I'm thinking of has a rubber-texture surface, and would not look too out of place on a car as nicely done as yours. It's a flat black. Setting aside aesthetic concerns (and I know that you can't at this point), "Snake Skin" is what the AV industry uses to protect wire looms from external wear. It is a plastic tube made of woven strands that acts just like the "chinese finger-cuffs" that they sell in the vending machines to kids. If you don't know what that is, I can't explain it any better, so please don't ask... One other option for an original-looking sheath would be a bicycle inner-tube. They come in varying diameters and some have ribbing that might even have a "factory" look to the un-informed eye that would make it appear that the sheath was meant for that application? -Kenyon --- richard burgess <lecrown60@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I am trying to finish up my '60 Crown. I have > restored the wiring harness at the doors and need a > solution for protection where the wire travels from > the firewall to the door. I had a nice pair of > original rubber hoses. I tried to reinforce one buy > inserting another tube around it where it was > cracked. All this did was move the flex point > downstream and it cracked there. I saw a '61 on > ebay that showed some diagonal boxes in the door > jamb but the rubber hoses were broken off there as > well. At the back doors there is a metal housing > that protects the wires and keeps them from crimping > when the doors are opened. Was there a later year > that had this kind of metal enclosure that I could > adapt to my car? Too much wire and too much work to > just let the wires get broken again. Solutions? > > Richard Burgess > '60 Crown > > > --------------------------------- > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. > Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm