<VV> HPT

[shortle]

Oh Geoff did you have to bring this up now? I don't think you're getting enough sleep these nights. Oh and congratulations on the new additions to your family. Twins I hear.
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado


-----Original Message-----
>From: Geoffrey Johnson <geoffj at unm.edu>
>Sent: May 5, 2010 8:14 PM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> HPT
>
>I usually sit back and laugh when people start complaining about this...
>On my '65 sedan I decided to replace the original one that was OK while I 
>was replacing other things in the engine compartment when I built its 
>engine.  Since I built everything from scratch since I started with no 
>powertrain, I figured why not.   So working in the engine compartment 
>tonight.... BZZZZZZZ...  The damned thing started shorting.   I ripped the 
>cable off the battery.  The tabs on the several week old HPT that hold it 
>to the rail broke and the screw started shorting.  The plastic is so 
>brittle on the replacements that the tabs can easily be broken off by a 
>finger.    Time to replace it with an S-10 junction block.
>
>
>-Geoff Johnson
>'65 Monza Sedan
>
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