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Vintage Windmills · 07-31-2012, 07:05 PM

Does anyone recondition these or sell new ones (to original specs)? Mine are rusty and the plasti-dip is peeling.

Thanks in advance,

bundeber · 07-31-2012, 08:19 PM

You can recondition them yourself. Get a can of the plastic dip for handles on pliers, etc. Just strip the old off, and then dip your wire holders in the rubber goo. Works pretty good. May take a couple of dippings to get the right thickness. I'd keep one with the plastic on it for comparison while you're dipping the other side. Then when it dries test your wires in it, then do the other side.

**LockDoc** · 07-31-2012, 10:59 PM

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Be sure and sandblast or clean really good with a wire wheel and wash them with Acetone or paint prep before dipping them or the plastic won't stick for very long...

LockDoc

Vintage Windmills · 07-31-2012, 11:28 PM

Thanks guys, any recommendations on brand of plasti-dip? I tried one about 10 years ago and it was real soft and didn't want to build up any thickness.

07-31-2012, 07:05 PM	#1
Vintage Windmills Vintage 4x4s Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Prior Lake, MN Posts: 4,305	Spark plug wire holders Does anyone recondition these or sell new ones (to original specs)? Mine are rusty and the plasti-dip is peeling. Thanks in advance, __________________ 67 GMC K1500 Custom- 305V6 SM420, PTO, Ram Assist, yellow (the outcast) (project period correct upgrades) 67 GMC C2500 351V6 TH400, AC, PS, PB (can't decide what to do with. Update, decided to keep and will restore ) 86 CHV K30 502 th400, apple red NEW 71 CHV K20 350 SM465, ochre (saved work truck) 71 CHV K20 292 SM465, white, tach, PTO, (future project) 72 CHV K20 350 350th, medium blue (project stocker) 01 CHV K2500hd crew, indigo blue ^3 dont run and the others don't see winter either '86 K30 Cummins "Fireside" thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=649649 '71 K20 "get driveable" thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590642 '72 K20 Build Thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=493477&page=6

07-31-2012, 08:19 PM	#2
bundeber Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Cody, WY Posts: 292	Re: Spark plug wire holders You can recondition them yourself. Get a can of the plastic dip for handles on pliers, etc. Just strip the old off, and then dip your wire holders in the rubber goo. Works pretty good. May take a couple of dippings to get the right thickness. I'd keep one with the plastic on it for comparison while you're dipping the other side. Then when it dries test your wires in it, then do the other side.

07-31-2012, 10:59 PM	#3
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 25,772	Re: Spark plug wire holders - Be sure and sandblast or clean really good with a wire wheel and wash them with Acetone or paint prep before dipping them or the plastic won't stick for very long... LockDoc __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 -

07-31-2012, 11:28 PM	#4
Vintage Windmills Vintage 4x4s Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Prior Lake, MN Posts: 4,305	Re: Spark plug wire holders Thanks guys, any recommendations on brand of plasti-dip? I tried one about 10 years ago and it was real soft and didn't want to build up any thickness. __________________ 67 GMC K1500 Custom- 305V6 SM420, PTO, Ram Assist, yellow (the outcast) (project period correct upgrades) 67 GMC C2500 351V6 TH400, AC, PS, PB (can't decide what to do with. Update, decided to keep and will restore ) 86 CHV K30 502 th400, apple red NEW 71 CHV K20 350 SM465, ochre (saved work truck) 71 CHV K20 292 SM465, white, tach, PTO, (future project) 72 CHV K20 350 350th, medium blue (project stocker) 01 CHV K2500hd crew, indigo blue ^3 dont run and the others don't see winter either '86 K30 Cummins "Fireside" thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=649649 '71 K20 "get driveable" thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590642 '72 K20 Build Thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=493477&page=6

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