Introduction with First Question

[Flight102C3]

I have been reading the post for several years and have gotten a large amount of helpful information off of it.  This has prompted me to buy a bus which is a 1991 102 C3 with a 8V92 manual.  I'm going to fire off my first question... I have taken out the overhead storage units along with the wiring and now I have a problem.  I want to safely terminate the wires.  I have a group of wires on both sides that disappear into the front corners of the bus, I have no idea where they are going and I was wondering what route they are taking.  I don't want to tear out anymore than I have to.  Thanks in advance.

[Nick Badame Refrig/ACC]

Hi Flight102C3,

Welcome to posting!

I have the same group of wires in my bus and I just caped them off with wire nuts and will maybe

use them in the future. I tucked them into the side walls near the ceiling. I also leveled my ceiling which

lowered it 2 1/2" in the center. I ran all my coach electrical wiring in looms in that space along with my HVAC

main trunk.

Lots of luck with your conversion! And feel free to throw more questions at us..
Nick-

[scanzel]

When I removed my over head racks I also had excess wiring that went to everything in the racks etc. I have traced just about everything back to either the front terminal or rear engine bay terminal. Because I work with wiring in my job I hate to leave terminated live wiring just capped off. All my wiring was numbered with identifying markings, I just looked at the bus wiring schematic and disconnected and removed if I was able to. Some of the wiring will go to switches and breakers. By removing you will free up space and taps to use for some other needs. The biggest pain was taking apart the wiring harness to trace everything out, it was wrapped with tape and some sort of sticky tape to prevent chaffing and vibration. If you do leave it make sure to cap off real good and have access to it latter. I would also tape the wire nuts because they can vibrate off. Good Luck !

[Len Silva]

I agree with scanzel that it's best to remove the wires back to a termination point.  If you can't do that, then a safe and simple way is to just fold the wire back on itself about 1" and tape it.  Takes a lot less room than wire nuts and is a generally accepted practice.  I would stagger the wire lengths so you don't end up with a big bundle in one place.

[RTS/Daytona]

I'm not a fan of tape - always seems to get loose

Whenever I did any de-wiring and had loose wires

I double them back and use shrink tubing  over them

works for me

[kyle4501]

I thought the first question was "how much power can I get out of this engine?" 

[Len Silva]

I'm not a fan of tape - always seems to get loose

Whenever I did any dewiring and had loose wires

I double them back and use shrink tubing  over them

works for me

Pete, you're right, heat shrink is a much better idea.

However, as an aside, the problem with loose tape usually comes from over stretching it when applying, especially pulling on it to tear off the roll rather than cutting it.  A good quality vinyl tape will last for years, properly applied.

Of course, you could always use friction tape and paint it with shellac (if you could find either)

Len

[zimtok]

There is also liquid tape. I think you can find it in the electrical area of Home depot. It comes in a bottle with a brush cap for applying it.


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