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Absolutely not! I use LT exclusively (I go through about 5 gallons per year) to clean wiring harnesses, although some plastic plugs from 70-73 seem to "melt" with LT is applied. In those cases, I use Formula 409 or vinegar. The only wires that LT will remove the color are those wires that are painted at the factory. Typically, they are fuel sensor lines near the trunk area, fusible links, and occasionally lines that go to the coil. All of these wires have very thick rubbery insulation, not the standard PVC insulation. PVC colors and stripes are impregnated into the insulation as they are extruded during manufacture. Don't believe everything you hear or read on the Internet. Back in 1998, the wifey warned me about going onto forums, as they are frequented by Internet Ax Murderers. Nonsense. They were Chainsaw Murderers.

Mine had goo around the hoses...

I really don't think you want to be hacking up your harness for what seems like a good idea today ? Gotta be another way to coil it up a hide it away ? Brian

Wifey sounds like a very smart lady. It's much harder for a chainsaw murderer to sneak up on you than it is for an ax murderer, so I don't worry about them. Thanks for the tip about lacquer thinner. I still run the original wiring in my car and it carries half a century of dirt on it. I was always afraid of chemical cleaners taking the color off so I used dish soap and water -- helped a bit but not great.. Gonna give the LT a try.

I didn't have that much trouble with my front windshield chrome. I polished it (all very carefully) on a buffing wheel, and put the clips in place. I didn't find it hard to attach, and can remember no special tricks. it just sorta popped into place. And new polished trim looks really awesome too. I have a coupe so I didn't have rear chrome. I've got the lovely 60's style wide black textured window trim.

I had some drops left over from a job that required the pipe and I have been looking for a place to use them instead of scrapping them. They might not add anything to it, but hopefully won't hurt anything lol. As the majority of the steel (so far) in this is 3/8" it weighs 15.7 pounds per square foot. This frame alone is 200 lbs so should dress out around 275ish. I took the plasma cutter to the tacks on the butt welded joining the inner wrap and it relaxed all the stress in the weldment, it lays nice and flat without any clamps now. That 1/8" twist could have gotten a lot worse. Getting the outer wrap all dialed in and tack welded to the side I left the butt weld totally undone. Thankfully, this is still flat. I have a few areas to bevel then I can get the rest of this frame tack welded together. So far so good, yea!!! Mike