<VV> Wretched Electrical Connector

[Harry Yarnell]

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


> 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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