The alternator belt and steering belts came yesterday from Paragon so I'll try put them on now and hopefully thats the car back to normal. I saw some wire tubing in Radio Shack yesterday that was good to 275F with a 3/4 inch diameter so that looks a good candidate to cover the repaired harness in the car. 275F should be good enough for the temps on that side, especially with the air flow coming in.