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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Fabric loom tape

I'm tidying up some wiring through the car and in the boot. What have you folks found in the way of fabric loom tape?

Best I've got is some self adhesive cloth stuff on a roll, but once applied it makes the loom stiff and inflexible. Ideally looking for a soft wrap similar to the original, but that can be applied to wires in place and only sticks to itself rather than the actual cables.


AdrianR

Adrian - go to the technical archive / put in 'loom tape' / this phrase / go to the bottom result - 'wiring loom' and that is the latest (and very long) discussion of what to use. It completely exhausted me.
Nick and Cherry Scoop

Blimey Nick, that was a marathon.

I rediscovered Greybeard's tip for a home made crimping tool, though.
Dave O'Neill 2

Hmm, I remember that one but stopped reading it as I'm not after making a whole loom, just tidying up bits of the one I've got.

I spent a few minutes clicking on all the links in that lot and I'm concluding there is a gap in the market for a loose weave fabric tape which has the adhesive on only one one edge, so you can wrap an exisiting loom spiralwise in-situ without it sticking to the wires and such that it remains flexible.

Neither loom tape (non adhesive but PVC ) or cloth tape (too adhesive) are what I want.

Ah well, sun is out now so can wait until next rainy day.

Adrian
AdrianR

I've bought a roll of Tesa tape to repair my loom.

I will also use it to cover additional wiring that I'm intending to add.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252275262688
Dave O'Neill 2

Adrian, perhaps you could get the effect you are after by winding first with non-adhesive PVC, and then overlay that with adhesive cloth tape like the Tesa tape that Dave has.

I ended up using non adhesive PVC spiral wound with the ends taped down with adhesive backed cloth tape - for lengths that cannot be seen. And just spiral wound cloth tape where it can be seen. What I would have liked, would have been cloth tape with blue or white flecks in it to mimic the woven sleeve covering where it's visible in the engine bay.
GuyW

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