On 09/06/2021 08:37, Thomas Prufer wrote:
On Sun, 6 Jun 2021 11:53:18 +0100, Andrew
wrote:

On 06/06/2021 09:45, newshound wrote:
On 06/06/2021 09:28, Chris Holmes wrote:

Hi All,

I have a bike that has 3 lengths of exposed Bowden cable.

Id like to sheath these, but would like to avoid having to disconnect
and
reconnect the inners.

Can anyone think of a suitable (preferably black) C section thingy in
plastic / €œrubber€� / Ali that I could slip over them?


Google "split flexible conduit".

Down to 7mm diameter, eBay, £2.10 for 3 metres

Or just remove the insulation from the cores of a short length of
4 or 6 mm T&E by slitting carefully with a Stanley knife, infill
with grease then slide over/onto the exposed bits of cable.

or use

"Cable Spiral Binding" aka "Cable Tidy Wrap" aka "Spiral Wrap"


Thomas Prufer

Years ago, in the days when people drove Ford Cortinas Mk 1,
notchback anglia etc, the usual winter faff of poor starting
was 'fixed' by spraying some sort of waxy-plasticky substance
all over the plug leads and distributor cap. THis created a
reasonable water barrier. Can't remmber its name though.

Something like this might be useful for exposed sections of
brake/gear cables.

On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 13:53:49 +0100, Andrew
wrote:

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Years ago, in the days when people drove Ford Cortinas Mk 1,
notchback anglia etc, the usual winter faff of poor starting
was 'fixed' by spraying some sort of waxy-plasticky substance
all over the plug leads and distributor cap. THis created a
reasonable water barrier. Can't remmber its name though.

Damp-Start.

Something like this might be useful for exposed sections of
brake/gear cables.

I doubt it, likely to just gum everything up.

Cheers, T i m

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Andrew wrote:
On 09/06/2021 08:37, Thomas Prufer wrote:
On Sun, 6 Jun 2021 11:53:18 +0100, Andrew
wrote:

On 06/06/2021 09:45, newshound wrote:
On 06/06/2021 09:28, Chris Holmes wrote:

Hi All,

I have a bike that has 3 lengths of exposed Bowden cable.

I‘d like to sheath these, but would like to avoid having to disconnect
and
reconnect the inners.

Can anyone think of a suitable (preferably black) C section thingy in
plastic / ”rubber• / Ali that I could slip over them?


Google "split flexible conduit".

Down to 7mm diameter, eBay, £2.10 for 3 metres

Or just remove the insulation from the cores of a short length of
4 or 6 mm T&E by slitting carefully with a Stanley knife, infill
with grease then slide over/onto the exposed bits of cable.

or use

"Cable Spiral Binding" aka "Cable Tidy Wrap" aka "Spiral Wrap"


Thomas Prufer

Years ago, in the days when people drove Ford Cortinas Mk 1,
notchback anglia etc, the usual winter faff of poor starting
was 'fixed' by spraying some sort of waxy-plasticky substance
all over the plug leads and distributor cap. THis created a
reasonable water barrier. Can't remmber its name though.

I used WD40

Something like this might be useful for exposed sections of
brake/gear cables.

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 15:40:48 +0100, charles wrote:

Years ago, in the days when people drove Ford Cortinas Mk 1,
notchback anglia etc, the usual winter faff of poor starting
was 'fixed' by spraying some sort of waxy-plasticky substance
all over the plug leads and distributor cap. THis created a
reasonable water barrier. Can't remmber its name though.

Waxoil? (spelling might be wrong).
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway