A Great Pull Cord - Line Fish Material

[David King (kz78hy)]

Over the last week or so, I've been working on the Brougham in garage.  The things I have been working on have required replacing vacuum hoses, electrical leads, temperature gauge tubes, etc. 

To reinstall the part or a new replacement, I was looking for a material to use to tape on to the old one so I could pull it through the path and keep the correct routings and also make the installation easier.  The 1st thing I used was some left over 12 gauge house wire, with a tape wrap to secure it to the part (in this case hose), the diameter was to large to pass through the grommet.  Anyway, after several failures, I stumbled upon a great material for this purpose.

It is weed wacker string or string trimmer cord, whatever you call it.  This stuff is stiff enough to push well, slight slippery and small in diameter, and has very strong tensile strength and electrical tape will hold to it. 

I'm sold on this as a great, cheap means of fishing lines through hidden areas.

Thought I pass along this tip, in case I'm the only person out there that did not already know this.

David

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

A great tip David.

I have also found that Welding Wire is good as well, because it can be fed through the vacuum lines and is flexible enough to go around obstacles.    Putting some electrical around the end to "feather" the end helps in the really tight places.

Bruce.