Light switch body housing

[Macdozer]

Trying to locate "sleeve" or appropriate grommet for wiring harness any one know what to use or where to get it from.

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[JSeery]

Don't think there is a grommet, the covering (sleeve) in the first photo is what was used. You can buy the covering by the foot in different sizes. There are several suppliers that have them, Sacramento Vintage Ford is one

http://www.vintageford.com/

I can not get the correct link to work!! Go to "1928-48 Hot Rods (Traditional)" There is a White Box on the right side, scroll down to "Wire Loom - Vintage".

 

[hotcoupe]

or, go to - http://www.wiringdepot.com/store/p/900-JT-T-1/4-Asphalt-Coated-Fabric-Wire-Loom.aspx
tom

 

[FrankWest]

There is NO Grommet on my 1933, however, the black woven sleeve should extend all the way inside the light switch body. I recently, bought a new harness from, Rhode Island wiring and that was the way they made it, just like my original. The black woven sleeve acts like a grommet..It was like that on my original factory wiring and on My replacement light harness.
If your sleeve is too short you can slide your sleeve inside the light switch housing and bound it to the wires at the opposite end to keep the sleeve from coming out.

 

[JM 35 Sedan]

The original sleeve shown in picture #1 above is a woven asbestos material. It was there as a heat shield to protect the wiring coming out of the light switch sheet metal cover/housing because those wires are in such close proximity to the crossover exhaust pipe. The material used in that same location today, on repro wiring, (if they even put any woven sleeving there at all) would be a woven fiberglass sleeve.

 

[flatheadfan]

As others have mentioned, the fabric sleeve was meant as a heat shield. However over time the fabric tube deteriorates leaving little or no wire protection. As a more permanent protection I made up a metal heat shield to buffer exhaust heat from the wires. Basically, it is a simple piece of metal with a case nut and a bolt to hold the shield to the frame. There was no need to drill a hole as an existing hole is readily available.

Tom