Never use quick connect wire splicers [tach kits]



Never use quick connect wire splicers.

Thank God for TomP who over many many years has fill in those important blanks.

He posted a tip about those quick connect wire splicers that come with most Tach's and that his coil wire got cut clean through after time.

Low and behold my 50 and under runs great, dies over 70 n gets all pissed off mystery problem was due to that I only have 4 wire stran's left, all the rest were cut / broken. Had put it away last July not running. Fix that wire today and the first try it start up and purred like a kitten.

 

Quick connects strike again.
That’s what they give you with a fuel pump kit I did years ago.

Messed up my spark years later using them, and now my fuel pump.

Scary part is I dunno why it didn’t explode.

I had to literally cut back the power wire a good inch to find metal.
The wire had burned or melted back. And the juice was either flowing through the fuel jumping the gap or arching the gap.

 

when it comes to wiring anything in a car, i do my best to only solder and shrink wrap; quite the hostile environment for anything "quick". especially when it comes back to bite you down the line