<VV> no electrics

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 It should be a maintenance free item. You may have had good luck, but that's a statistically insignificant sample size. Obviously, a lot of is have had issues with the Horrid Red Plastic Thingy! Metal on plastic threads is never a good idea for something that HAS to remain tight to work. Heck, in a pinch, a nut and screw and a good layer of electrical tape is superior to the HRPT! 

Let it rot? They rot all by themselves! 

 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Underwood <tony.underwood at cox.net>
To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sun, May 13, 2012 2:00 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> no electrics




When I rewired the '62 ragtop for an alternator, I installed a HRPT 
on the engine bay box rail beside the battery, same place as on a 
late.  I had a like-new HRPT on hand so I put it there.  That was 
years ago and since then, not a lick of a problem from it, 
ever.  Likewise the other lates here with their own HRPTs.  If you 
don't drool battery acid on them and let them rot, they work 
fine.  If you keep them clean, they work fine.  If you don't ignore a 
PO's disregard for them and you clean them up and make sure there's 
good electrical contact there, they work fine.  A single drop of 
engine oil on them when you change the oil keeps them working fine.

Just sayin'.   Diss them and curse them if you must, but mine all 
work fine... except the one that was on the Corsa ragtop which was 
pre-fncked to begin with so it got replaced with a junction 
connector.  That was before I ran across a few HRPTs that were in 
good shape free for the taking.



tony..    
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