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Old Jun 21, 2023 | 04:37 AM
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`65 FL Police bike
Wires to tail lamp are "armoured" with a metal spring approx 1/2" x 10"
Is it factory or a bodge ?
Part number ?

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Old Jun 21, 2023 | 05:39 AM
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I would think tape would be the bodge. That spring sounds like an expensive bodge.?

Always looked at a spring used as a cover on a wire is to keep it from kinking in the same place and not returning along with shielding it.
 

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Old Jun 21, 2023 | 06:30 AM
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Its factory.
 
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Local hardware store not a big box mine carry’s that spring for something we cut it to fit
 
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