Any Tips for Labeling Wires
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Any Tips for Labeling Wires
I am restoring my 69; and I am in the process of removing the interior. I just started on the center console and Gauge bezel. Bubba installed a radio and I am going to have cut it out.
Anyway, does anyone have a tip for keeping track of the loose wires. In the past I have used Avery address labels; but they dry out and fall off after a few days.
TIA
Anyway, does anyone have a tip for keeping track of the loose wires. In the past I have used Avery address labels; but they dry out and fall off after a few days.
TIA
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I use a regular DYMO label maker to mark wires. I typically use use a number/letter then have a reference sheet saying where the number/letter goes. (Too hard and long to put the description right on the label.)
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Thanks guys for the response.
Alan, btw: yesterday I was copying pictures of your interior so I would know what mine is supposed to look like. You did a great job on yours. Thanks for posting pictures here and elsewhere.
Alan, btw: yesterday I was copying pictures of your interior so I would know what mine is supposed to look like. You did a great job on yours. Thanks for posting pictures here and elsewhere.
Melting Slicks
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I write on white shrink wrap. Shrink it down then cover it with clear shrink wrap.
But I guess that wouldn't work if you have connectors. I have also used the marker on masking tape, but have had it fade. Probably just the type of marker I used.
But I guess that wouldn't work if you have connectors. I have also used the marker on masking tape, but have had it fade. Probably just the type of marker I used.
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From: Airdrie Alberta
Masking tape and a permanent marker for those of us that are cheap bastiches...
Also ziplock freezer bags for those small brackets/screws, write description with permanent marker and keep bags organized in boxes ie interior, body, chassis etc
Take lots of digital photos of how harnesses are run, secured, brackets etc. Have an assembly manual handy.
enjoy the moment
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3M makes a tape dispenser with separate rolls of tape with numbers 0 -9 on it. It's called a "3M Scotchcode Wire Marker Tape Dispenser". I think I paid about 10 or 12 dollars from a local vendor.
Here it is on a vendors website, it's just one I found as an example.
http://www.altex.com/%2F3M-ScotchCod...D-P141618.aspx
Here it is on a vendors website, it's just one I found as an example.
http://www.altex.com/%2F3M-ScotchCod...D-P141618.aspx
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I used the tape and put numbers on some of the tape and wrote down details in a notebook with the matching number. LAST shoot hundreds of digital photos.......still had to use the digitals for routing issues............like what went it front of what and how it was layered.
I also kept detailed notes on how some parts had to be reassembled. I hate to finish something and have to remove it to fit something behind it.......you forget a lot of detail if the project drags on.
Hope this helps a little.
I also kept detailed notes on how some parts had to be reassembled. I hate to finish something and have to remove it to fit something behind it.......you forget a lot of detail if the project drags on.
Hope this helps a little.
Last edited by KSM; Apr 24, 2010 at 11:41 PM.
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I have taken seriously, 915 photo's of my project, most were wiring and small knick knacks that looked important. The big pieces are easy. That being said, I think the only thing I will not do myself is the harness. It frightens me and keeps me awake at night just thinking about it
Steve
Steve
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From: Rotonda FL
For under dash work I bought a Brother P-Touch label maker from Office Depot. It costs approx $20, it is handheld, it uses 1/2 inch wide weatherproof tape, it will print 2 lines on the tape and it has a cableing mode. This produces your entry twice, fight next to each other divided by a printed line. Put the line onto a wire and stick it to itself.
The label is fairly small, it is grease-proof, it stays very readable and it doesn't tear off easily - solving many problems I had. I intend to keep these labels on the wires, so the next time I have to go back there I am not starting from scratch again.
The label is fairly small, it is grease-proof, it stays very readable and it doesn't tear off easily - solving many problems I had. I intend to keep these labels on the wires, so the next time I have to go back there I am not starting from scratch again.
Last edited by Rotonda; Apr 25, 2010 at 07:10 AM. Reason: Addition - I purchased from Office Depot. The taoe (at $22) is more than the machine
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Go to an electrical supply house. They make books of wire markers.Both numbers and letters.There are so many in a book that you will never use them all.They are designed for that purpose.Rick
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Hi Steve,
Putting the 4 harnesses back in doesn't need to be scary if the connectors have been clearly marked, and some notes made, as you took them out.
Having the AIM and a wiring guide like Dr. R's, helps too.
Regards,
Alan
Putting the 4 harnesses back in doesn't need to be scary if the connectors have been clearly marked, and some notes made, as you took them out.
Having the AIM and a wiring guide like Dr. R's, helps too.
Regards,
Alan
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I don't know man, I may try it but geeez, Its like chewing on a bad piece of meat, the longer you chew it the bigger it gets.
Steve
