Dale, have you seen Bob Nuckoll's "towel bar" firewall fitting item on his
web page?  Very safe way to make firewall penetrations for your std wires.
There's a commercial source for same that is reasonable (in the $50+ range
vs $20-30 for roll-your-own parts)

David

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Rogers" <rogersda@cox.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 8:05 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Coil Harness (was: LS1 Coil Connector)


> Hi All,
>
> Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Dale,
> >
> > The website doesn't say anything about fire resistance.  I'd rather have
> > individual wires poking through than have a big hole open up when the
> > plastic block melts.
>
>    That thought had occurred to me.  It was mitigated
> somwhat by the counter thought that the shorting out of the
> wiring - in either case - would probably be the more urgent
> issue should the engine compartment should get that hot.  But any
immediate danger from fire intrusion could be prevented by a sheetmetal cup
over the
>
>    However ... a little drilling upward yielded this.
>
> http://painlessperformance.com/harness4.htm
>
> It's still not definitive for fire resistance (factory
> "type" doesn't necessarily mean factory equivalent
> materials) this one, from the actual anufacturer, looks
> much better - except their wire isn't Tefzel, and I can't fine a listing
for just the bulkhead halves and the pins.
> I'm going to write them.
>
>    Also, a little more searching with AltaVista turned up
> this:
>
> http://www.americanautowire.com/new-stuff.htm
>
> which offers a double advantage of allowing functional
> grouping via separate connector blocks.
>
>    There was also a reference to a "C560" bulkhead connector,
> as a GM replacement part.  I'll have to spend some time
> running that one down to an AC-Delco part #.
>
>    Can't do it now.  Gotta get to sleep while I can.  I'm
> on 24-hour call this week, and I don't expect to get much
> sleep.
>
> Dale R.
> COZY MkIV-R13B-NA #1254
>
>


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