replacement for Vintage Wiring Harness Wrap Tape Roll 3/4 Width

dave s
dave s Senior Contributor, Moderator
edited March 2013 in HUDSON
If you are looking for Vintage Wiring Harness Wrap Tape Roll 3/4 Width it is on ebay for19.90. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NOS-Hudson-Essex-Terraplane-Vintage-Wiring-Harness-Wrap-Tape-Roll-3-4-Width-/121076576390?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1c30b9f086

Other option is go to hockey supply or go to sporting goods store and get hockey stick tape for around 3.00

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  • DocHornet
    DocHornet Expert Adviser
    Scotch makes a really good cloth tape, very similar to what's pictured, available generally at Home Depot or Lowe's... I'm guessing that's where the eBay guy gets his, and hopes to catch a few newbies unawares.
  • ESSX28-1
    ESSX28-1 Senior Contributor
    What's the number of the Scotch tape? Some of their tapes are available here in NZ. Thx
  • RonS
    RonS Senior Contributor
    Used friction tape for years, on baseball bats when I was a kid. However, I would advise that after you wrap the areas that you wish to tape with a small "acid brush " paint the tape with a polyurethane coating to keep out water or moisture. When I rewired the engine area of my Cadillac 20 years ago, I did that and it looks brand new. Cloth tape will fray and separate a little. The urethane will prevent that. Even better tape is self vulcanizing tape(Rescue Tape), but of course it appears as vinyl, if originality is not essential.
  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    I used high quality water and oil-resistant plastic tape to bind all the wires when I restored my Jet. This looks similar to cheap stuff you buy in hardware stores, but is much better quality, hence a little more expensive, and does not melt or go sticky and slimy like the cheap stuff. Can be bought at electrical supply warehouses here in N.Z. It is not so "shiny" as the cheap stuff, and does not unwind.
  • StillOutThere
    StillOutThere Expert Adviser
    edited March 2013
    The original, authentic tape for automotive harnesses is called "Elliott Tape" and is available very inexpensively on ebay also:
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Elliott-Tape-ETN1000E-PVC-Tape-Factory-Wire-Harness-Wrap-OEM-/110949587157?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_100&hash=item19d51c58d5
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Thanks, Wayne. Got some ordered, RD
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