Bob........
Didn't mean to put you on the spot, but you certainly had the perfect
come-back. The point you made was one that needed to be made in this rather
long discussion. It may be mysoginistic but we, too, always throw away the
female bits....................
As for the stripped thread in the distributor base-plate, I'd be surprised
if JB Weld would work here. It's great stuff for many applications but I
don't think it has the strength to build a thread in such a thin section.
Grinding the plate, too, seems counter-intuitive as you will make the
threaded portion thinner, therefore weaker still.
My fix would be to drill out the rest of the stripped threads, then JB Weld
(or solder) a nut on the underside of the plate and use a longer screw.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
To: Lawrie@britcars.com <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Cc: mgbob@juno.com <mgbob@juno.com>; fpixley@kingston.net
<fpixley@kingston.net>; mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: Connector Cleaning
>Lawrie,
> Ooops, you caught me writing an incomplete thought.
> I don't even try to clean the things. I keep a supply of the female
>parts (singles, doubles) and just pitch out the old connectors whenever
>there is any suspicion that they might not be perfect. That means that
>every time I work on a connection the old connector gets pitched and
>replaced.
> At one time I did try to clean the things, slipping off the rubber
>cover and all that. Seemed to me that most of them were cracked, or
>pitted, or corroded, or just generally seeking a way to introduce high
>resistance into the circuit. My theory is that there are so many
>dissimilar metals put together in close proximity that the brass coupling
>is sacrificed to the more noble metals in the area. We have copper
>wires, lead alloy solder, brass tips, cad plating, etc, etc, and with
>enough time there is bound to be self-created metal breakdown.
> So, I clean the male tips, put on a dab of No-Ox, use a new connector,
>and go on to the next challenge. Saturday's challenge was that one of
>the breaker plate screws in the distributor was found to be stripped. A
>suggestion was to use JB Weld in the hole. Another suggestion was to
>grind the plate thinner and to pick up threads further down in the hole.
>Do you have any ideas for this?
>Bob
>
>On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 18:44:25 -0800 "Lawrie Alexander"
><Lawrie@britcars.com> writes:
>>Bob...........
>>
>>What's your magic trick for scrunching a Scotch-brite pad small enough
>>to go
>>inside the female half of the bullet connector?
>>
>>Lawrie
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
>>To: fpixley@kingston.net <fpixley@kingston.net>
>>Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
>>Date: Monday, March 15, 1999 10:25 AM
>>Subject: Re: Connector Cleaning
>>
>>
>>>Fred,
>>> The best thing I have discovered is ScotchBrite pads. They are a
>>>plastic version of steel wool, so they clean off the corrosion well
>>but
>>>do not leave any metal shards. Available in at least two different
>>>coarsness grades, they cost about 80 cents, U.S.
>>>Bob
>>>
>>>On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 07:29:36 -0500 "Fred Pixley"
>><fpixley@kingston.net>
>>>writes:
>>>>I'm wondering if there is a better way to clean the typical bullet
>>>>connector. Sandpaper tends to wear through the outer coating and
>>>>might
>>>>encourage rusting. Wire brushes are OK if the corrosion isn't too
>>>>extensive.
>>>>
>>>>Fred Pixley
>>>>Napanee, Ontario
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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