'79 300td

So I twisted to waste a GP terminal because the nut was fused.

I have a plan, but want to hear if anyone thinks its a bad one. The leads are insulated by some sort of bomb-proof nylon, and it goes right down to and into the crimping of the terminal. No way I could re-produce that. So I'm going to take one off a parts car (for sale, incidentally, for $300, in Cape Cod, MA) and splice it as far away from the GP as I can manage, and seal up the splice with liquid e-tape covered again with traditional e-tape.

Big questions: will the splice be far enough away to survive engine heat? If it doesn't, will it matter very much?

Many thanks!

I think you will be better off to use some heat shrink tubing, it will make a much neater covering that won't unravel like the tape will. GB makes good heat shrink tubing and I think Home Depot sells it.

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Solder a new terminal on and use heat shrink to seal it.


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