[T3] alligator clips to the rescue!

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/20/2011 10:31:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rdavid at rochester.rr.com writes:

Upon  further
review; one of the 2 injector wires broke right where it entered  the brass
crimp!

Luckily, I keep a few 2 foot pieces of wire with  mini alligator clips on
each end (with plastic insulating boots) in my  traveling tool box. Turns 
out
these mini alligator clips are just the right  size for fitting side by side
right into the fuel injector, in place of the  original plug-in! I clipped
the other end of each wire to the original  harness, electrical taped
everything to hold it all in place while driving,  and away we went...all 
the
way home!

So the moral to the story is to  either buy or make your own set of wires
with alligator clips to keep in  your traveling tool kit!




I normally carry a section of spare wire, some crimps and crimping tool,  
along with some alligator clamps with a wire between them (jumper). It's a 
good  idea to carry something like that with a 35+ year old car.  

Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
71 Notch (Krunchy)
64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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