<VV> battery terminal

[Ron]

I agree.  How can it possibly be a poor design if it has worked perfectly 
for 43 years as it has on my two lates?  It was an excellent design!

RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Corbin" <airvair at earthlink.net>
To: <JVHRoberts at aol.com>; <dziegler3 at comcast.net>
Cc: <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>; <epssax at yahoo.com>; <kovacsmj at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> no electrical power


> It's not a poor design. Rather, as previously stated, I have had no 
> problem with it. It does just what it was designed to do. Personally, I'd 
> think that a metal screw into a metal retainer would corrode and be MORE 
> of a problem than the metal-into-plastic design we have. And FYI, I've 
> seen this kind of terminal junction block design on other cars. You just 
> haven't been around the block enough times, I guess.
>
> Sure, it can sometimes get broken, by Mr. Brutewrench. But in that case, 
> it needs to be maintained (replaced) just like anything else that has been 
> brutalized into disrepair. No, the only thing that is "horrid" in this 
> instance is the owner/mechanic. Maybe we ought to call you that "horrid 
> car title holder thingy." LOL
>
> -Mark
>
> Sure! But whatever you call it, the horrid nature of it MUST be reflected 
> in
> its name! <G>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From:
> To: airvair at earthlink.net;dziegler3 at comcast.net
> Cc: VirtualVairs at corvair.org; epssax at yahoo.com; kovacsmj at sbcglobal.net
> Sent: 3/5/2008 3:14:31 PM
> Subject: Re: no electrical power
>
>
> I POLITELY beg to differ, it's a poor design. The screw should, by proper 
> design, go into a metal insert. A device like this would then be 
> maintenance free. I've never run across a critical electrical connector 
> like this on any other make or model of car. For front engined GM cars of 
> this era, wasn't this usually a REAL screw terminal on the horn relay?
>
> In a message dated 3/5/2008 10:09:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> airvair at earthlink.net writes:
> The only horrid thing about it is YOU. It's called "lack of owner
> maintainance." Plastic doesn't, after all, lasts forever, despite the hype
> about it being "forever." When it gets bad, replace it. Simple as that.
>
> I've NEVER had a problem with the hot wire terminal block (that "red
> thingy" to which you refer) because I never let it deteriorate to the 
> point
> of being a trouble spot. I've had three dozen Corvairs and owned Corvairs
> since before they stopped building them. The "longest-ownership" one I 
> have
> is a '67 that I bought in '71. No problem with the terminal block on ANY 
> of
> my Corvairs, including that car.
>
> So, stop blaming the item and start blaming the REAL problem, YOU.
> Sheeesh......
>
> -Mark
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Dave Ziegler <dziegler3 at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: <VV> no electrical power
>>
>> Horrid RED plastic thingy.
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