The Franklins that Paul showed us are exquisite. And I am not going to listen to any whimpering that "they should have saved a tree". Open fenders and blackwalls really give a special touch to the beauty and elegance of the lucky car which rides on timber. The short stout spokes with large hubs may be an anachronistic throwback, but in the minds of some, antiquity is the draw. I particularly love the look of a Well-done wood wheel from the early '30s. I believe the 1930 Chrysler CJ6 had both the wire or wood de-mountable wheels to use on the same hub. I know of several cars that had multiple sets of wheels when new.owners liked to switch between wheel style and white walls back then also. PS- Steel disk wheels were popular from about 1924 to 1930.and they too went out of fashion. Wooden wheels were still available as late as the 1934 model year on Pierce Arrow, but they were considered old fashioned by then. So the ad was aimed at both the dealer and the retail public. Many car owners were familiar with the wood artillery wheels, and knew they were often better than the steel wheels that could and often did crack. Third.you could swap wheels among all the cars on the dealership floor, thus making a quick sale if the car didn’t have the desired wheels on it. It also was rather a new concept for a steel artillery at the time. Find a retailer or distributor for liquid or spray electrical insulation near you.The ad was three fold.to explain you could run a wood or steel artillery & and wire spoke all from the SAME hub, which was something that was just coming into being at the time.no need to change spindles or brake drums like you would have to do on earlier cars. Available in 4 oz Brush-In-Cap Carded and 6 oz Aerosol. Our rubber based coating will not harden, unravel or become brittle in extreme weather conditions like our competitors' vinyl based product. Liquid Tape has the strongest dielectric protection on the market 1,200 v/mil, 5 – 7 mils per coat. This flexible coating exhibits excellent protection from acid, alkaline, and abrasion, as wells as sealing out moisture and salt permanently. Liquid Tape is a rubber coating for use as electrical tape and insulation. I tried to use connectors and they grossly failed. All aircraft splices are soldered, because butt connectors just can't handle vibration and movements in an airframe. The art of soldering is well learned technic. I know all manufacturers say don't use it for repairs, but if done right it will not create a problem. If the soldered area is booted and sealed no problem. Thats when I decided to solder.Ĭlick to expand.(I agree solder pulls moisture, but you have to do what you have to do.) I was in the military and in a high vibration situation solder is recommended versus butt connectors. (I tried wire connectors but they didn't hold.) Too much vibration and movement. I used a very sharp razor knife for the outer insulation and stripped the inner wires with a wire stripper (must be careful.) I used a standard splice by seperating the conductor strands and uniting the two and butt spliceing them. That wire size is small the wires are color coded white and black. With the location yours is in you would have to careful when stripping the outer insulation to keep your strut connecter intact. If done in a professional maner it looks pretty good. If you repair this way just be sure to separate the two conductors and insulate them seprately if they make contact it will engage your abs intermittantly. (I looked for a vender and couldn't find one.) I decided to go with what I had. You could go salvage on the whole wire itself. It is criticle to properly externally boot or it will kick out the same code. Mine was indicating a short to abs sensor on the right side when scanned with VCDS. Do the location and wheel movement the abs wire gets a lot of stresses from different angels, it looks looks like your getting an external short from water comeing off the tire. the outer insulated area needs to be sealed for water and road contamination. The two wires need to insulated seprately after splicing to prevent them from contacting each other. It is tricky and requires detail as far as the spliceing and soldering. There are two wires inside the insulation and they are 24 awg, I added an extra three inches and soldered in the two extra splice wires. I replaced my front struts this summer and I broke the original splice. I actually repaired mine using a soldered splice.
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