<VV> Wretched Electrical Connector

[Dave Ziegler]

Hey guys, he said earlies! Ain't no horrid red thingy in earlies.

Dave.. .
On Mar 4, 2006, at 9:19 PM, Harry Yarnell wrote:

> The connector isn't necessary. Only helped assemble the car at the 
> factory. Cut the connector off and solder the wires together. A lap 
> joint is fine. Insulate with heat shrink tubing (each lead).
>
> Harry Yarnell
> Perryman Garage and Orphanage
> hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank DuVal" <corvairduval at cox.net>
> To: "Arjay Morgan" <n3lkz at yahoo.com>
> Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 9:09 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Wretched Electrical Connector
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>> Usually it is just the large red wire connector. The other terminals 
>> usually work forever. Many people just remove the red wire from both 
>> sides and solder and tape together. You can always use a multiple pin 
>> Molex .093" connector and parallel the pins for more current 
>> capacity. I used three in parallel on a project I did that needed 25 
>> amps continuous. Check Allied Electronics.
>>
>> Frank DuVal
>>
>> Arjay Morgan wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone in the group come up with the definitive replacement for 
>>> the wretched electrical connector in the engine compartment of 
>>> earlies?
>>>   For about the fourth time I was left in the lurch until I got back 
>>> there and jiggled the darn thing. There must be a better way.
>>>   Is there a huge Molex connector that can replace it? Has anyone 
>>> found a modern-day replacement that's readily available? Model or 
>>> part numbers would help. At this point I don't care about how stock 
>>> or non-stock it looks. What I need is a good reliable set of 
>>> electrical connections. Surely someone knows that NAPA part 12345 
>>> does the job.
>>>   Thanks
>>>   Arjay Morgan
>>>  64 Monza convert
>>>
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