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It is not that hard, once you get used to taping. What you need is an Associated Tape Tool. At least that is what OD and I call them. It is one of those small, stainless steel rulers. Use the ruler to push the tape down between the batteries and the chassis cross brace.

Here is the procedure:

Put your tape on the car first by inserting the tape up between the cross brace and the chassis. Make sure you only insert enough tape to go across the top of the batteries and not long enough to go through the slot in front of the first cell. The take the rest of the length of tape and smooth it across the bottom of the chassis. Take your Associated Tape Tool (ruler) and poke the tape through the slot in front of the first cell. Pull all of the tape through the slot and stick the end to the front of your roll over antenna. Do both sides this way. Place your battery pack into the car, press down on one of the saddle packs, and pull the short end of the tape down across the cells. Next take the end that you have temporarily stuck to the antenna and pull it down tight across the battery pack and then use the ruler again to push the tape down between the cross brace and the last battery. Pick up the car and looking at the back, you will see the loop that you just pushed trough behind the last cell. Take the ruler and pull the tape down between the chassis and the motor pod plate. Sometimes you have to press down on the motor pod on the side you are taping to pull the tape through the rest of the way. Now pull down on the tape, run it across the bottom of the chassis, and use the ruler again to push it up through the slot in front of the first cell. With these new cells I found that you may have to take your Dremal tool and remove some of the material from the front of the chassis cross brace to make it easer to get the tape and the tape tool down between the brace and the rear cell.

The more you do it, the faster and easier it will get.