Yup. Totally.

I was corrected earlier in this thread. --- :^)

The shield is still on the engine I pulled.

As far as I can tell, the heat may come up through a hole in the thick
fabric between pulley area and heat sheild. I reparied that soon after
buying it.

I like the stovepipe idea.

Cheers,

Neil.

On 3/5/08, Justin M. Mayrand <jmayrand@metrocast.net> wrote:
> There is supposed to be a heat shield. I made one for my AFC (with
> similarly burned wires) from a piece of steel stovepipe. The Bentley
> shows a shield. ...JMM
>
>
>
> 1980 Westy "WAIT4ME"
>
>
> On Mar 3, 2008, at 12:01 AM, neil N wrote:
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/rearwiring
> >
> > Like the page says. I repaired mine with solder, shrink tube, tape,
> > tape and cover.
> >
> > No big deal. I'm sure others have seen it before, but thought I'd post
> > for those who haven't inspected the wiring in their engine bay.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> > --
> > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
> >
> > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
>
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http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/