<VV> Wretched Electrical Connector

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

65 and 66s have this thing too. It's is horrid. The plastic starts relaxing  
and fails to keep the terminals tight. I've had issues with headlights 
failing,  stalling, and God knows what other electrical gremlins because of that 
horrid  plastic thingy. Once I replaced it with a nut and bolt, and copious 
amounts of  electrical tape, my problems with it were over. 
 
John
 
In a message dated 3/5/2006 5:20:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
airvair at richnet.net writes:

You're  refering to the red plastic castle terminal that's on the side of
the frame  rail by the battery on the '67-9's, right? I don't know why
everyone hates  it so, but it's infinitely superior than the preceeding
design. The big red  hot wire on the '66-earlier cars was on an
inadequate spade terminal  inserted into the gang plug that connects the
body harness to the engine  compartment harness. That terminal is prone
to corroding and then  overheating, melting the gang plug and killing the
electrical system. I've  been stranded on the side of the road because of
that.

The '67-9  design puts that wire onto the red plastic castle terminal
with eyelet wire  terminals, and securely ties them together with a
screw. Never have had a  problem with it - ever - in 38 years of owning
Corvairs. So what's your  problem?

(Now you know one more reason why I consider the '67-9 cars  the best of
the breed.)

-Mark

JVHRoberts at aol.com  wrote:
> 
> 
> Excuse me, that's horrid PLASTIC thingy. Get  it right. <G>
> 
> (ducking)
> 
> John
>  
> In a message dated 3/5/2006 11:37:33 AM Eastern Standard  Time,
> dziegler3 at comcast.net writes:
> 
> Hey  guys,  he said earlies! Ain't no horrid red thingy in   earlies.