[Mgs] snap connectors vs bullet connectors

[Richard Lindsay]

Regardless of marque, we are all one breed. :-]

On Fri, Feb 7, 2020, 12:07 PM Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>
wrote:

> I thought these kind of discussions were only on the Healey list.  As the
> new kid on the block around here, I see there are people here with too much
> time on their hands too. ;^)
>
> Mike MacLean
> 1969 MGB GT
> 1960 Austin Healey Sprite
> 1956 Austin Healey BN2
>
> On Friday, February 7, 2020, 9:58:45 AM PST, Richard Lindsay via Mgs <
> mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>
> Good point, Max! There's also that snap when your hands hit the
> sheetmetal, usually an edge, when the connector finally falls apart!
>
> R
>
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2020, 11:47 AM Max Heim <mvheim at sonic.net> wrote:
>
> Actually, now that I think about it, they do “snap” — when you try to
> disconnect a 50-year-old connector and the metal snaps, leaving you with
> broken bits that fall out of the rubber tube.
>
>
> --
> Max Heim
> mvheim at sonic.net
>
>
>
> --
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB
>
> On Feb 7, 2020, at 5:03 AM, Richard Lindsay via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> Too funny!
>
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2020, 7:01 AM Barney Gaylord via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> Okay. I'll bite.  If the piece crimped or soldered onto the wire is the
> bullet connector, what do you call the female tube connector?  Certainly
> not a bullet?
>
> Barney
>
>
> At 03:16 AM 2/7/2020, PaulHunt73 via Mgs wrote:
>
> I'll leave you to tell Barney he's wrong ...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Totally agree!  I even looked up the term snap connector, and no one, I
> think, except Barney uses it for bullet connectors.  And, and me
>
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