<VV> no electrical power

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

BRass screw into a brass insert? Much more reliable. Corrosion? How often  is 
this thing EVER disconnected? The problem I've always had with the horrid  
plastic thingy is the plastic relaxes, and contact is lost. Usually retightening 
 just strips the thing. It is NOT the way one should design a terminal block! 
 Just because others have done it doesn't make it proper. The failure of this 
 device isn't due to the owner, it's due to a LOUSY design!
 
 
In a message dated 3/5/2008 5:42:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
airvair at earthlink.net writes:

 
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>

 


 

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To: _airvair at earthlink.net_ (mailto:airvair at earthlink.net) 
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Sent: 3/5/2008 3:14:31 PM 
Subject: Re:  Re: <VV>no electrical  



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?






 



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