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At 06:50 PM 11/4/2005 -0500, John T. Blair wrote:
>3. Why are they soldered in line? Can you crimp and solder a connector on
> to the ends of the link, so that if it blows, you don't have to cut
> the wire apart? Mearly unplug the link, crimp on connectors and plug
> back into the existing wire and connectors.
I think the rationale is that it's unlikely the fusible link will ever blow
during the lifetime of the car. If it were not soldered in,
there would be a chance of a bad connection developing at
some point, and the link would end up causing more problems
that it solves.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
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