viper wire rub through

Recently a viper friend sent me the following warning/suggestion:

"Check your wiring harness down near the coolant tank and brakes, where the most common rubbing conditions occur. Additional areas to check would be under the motor and right out of the stator. So check those areas for rubbing and it would be a good idea to add wire loom to entire harness. Only takes 10 mins to remove all the ties and pull it out and put loom on it. Prior to checking this mine was shorting out (headlights cut in and out, motor would run funny, and my speedo would spaz out, end result burnt out speedo sensor,,,situation could have been worse). Wiring issues have been found in 02/03 viper models"

I have been riding for 9 years, keep up with the big dogs, and proud that I've never had any mishaps. Given that found it embarrasing when I recently hit a tree stump off the trail going maybe 10mph (damaged the trailing arm)....My speedo/digital readings were totally fliipping out and my eyes were on that instead of the trail. Of course, the guys gave me sh*t. After reading the email and this post,,,,I think it was a warning not to wait on checking the conditon of the wires and add that loom. Honestly don't know exactly what everything looks like, so PLEASE send me pictures sledchick@gmail.com
 
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THANKS ,,,,what a goof ball VV is! I just realized totally missed 'page 2 ', which includes your pics!
 
from what i understand all years of the viper have / will have this problem. the 02 and 03 model year see more of it because they "usually" have more miles on them.
mine never wore completely through but this past summer i pulled the engine to replace the water pump seal (something most of you will also be repairing). when i had the motor out i found about 3-4 different areas that were rubbing through the outside/black tape. the mag side by the coolant hose and frame were the worst.
under the motor was just starting to cut through and on the hood there was some rubbing through.
I wrapped everything / the entire wiring harness in blue automotive wire loom (about 6 bucks) before i put the engine back in.
I think that if you have more than 4000 miles i would look real close at your wiring harness.
 
wiring problems too

my o2 viper had rubbed through in the same place. for two years now ive been trying to figure out a code my sled is flashing showing my tps sencer is bad ive changed it, had it at the dealer and ive just pulled the hole wiring harnest out of the sled and no other wires were broke but still the light flashes
even added a nother ground wire. the sled runs great but i hate the damn light flashing. :o|
 
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