<VV> HLRPT

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Well, given I had trouble with one way back when, the car was only 5 years old. Stock alternator. 

Regardless of what some may think of the design, at this age, I keep hearing more and more issues with the HLRPT. 


 


John Roberts

 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: RoboMan91324 at aol.com
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Sun, Sep 27, 2009 4:32 pm
Subject: <VV> HLRPT










C'mon Gang,

Back when our Corvairs were manufactured, GM designed for planned 
obsolescence .... maybe 10 years.  The VAST amount of our HLRPTs are still fully 

functional and will probably last for many more decades with or without 
cleaning.  Other than on vv, I have never heard of anyone needing to replace 
one.  
Anyone who faults GM's design on this part or suggests that you replace a 
part with this demonstrated reliability "just because" is being silly.

I wish all parts were this reliable.  Get past it.

One man's opinion.

Doc
1960 Corvette; 1961 Rampside; 1962 Rampside; 1964 Spyder coupe; 1965 
Greenbrier; 1966 Corsa turbo coupe; 1967 Nova SS; 1968 Camaro ragtop
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In a message dated 9/27/2009 11:24:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time, virtualv
airs-request at corvair.org writes:

> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:40:48 -0400
> From: Tony Underwood <tony.underwood at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Wireing needs continued
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20090927133546.03204c40 at pop.east.cox.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> 
> At 12:32 PM 9/27/2009, John Howell wrote:
> >Well this little Red Plastic terminal point has served without failure on
> >all of my cars for over 40 years so why would I want to change to 
> something
> >different now ?   What more could you ask of such a simple part ?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Not only does every late model here still have its own HLRPT still working 
> just fine, a couple of earlies have them as well, retrofitted when the 
> alternators replaced the generators and wire harness sections from lates got 
> grafted into the early engine bay.
> 
> 
> Convenient spot on the unibody rail below the battery box... looks like it 
> grew there.
> 
> And the ones installed in the earlies were used, not new... still work.    
> Keep battery acid off them and clean them up every decade or so...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> tony..

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