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Who makes a good aftermarket bulkhead connecter?

Jimmy Van Hoose

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Lost half my electrical this spring and the shop tried 3 or 4 things and finally took off the bulkhead and doused it with dielectric spray and its worked perfect since. Problem has sprung up again and wanting to just replace it this time. Thanks.
 
I bought one from Evans.
It went together and works fine.

About 80 bucks for the firewall block and 8 or 10 bucks apiece for the three harness blocks
 
Dip the terminals in cleaner before you move them.
 
Just keep spraying the **** out of it with electrical contact cleaner.
 
You need more than a contact cleaner after all these years. The best you can do is remove all the terminals from all the plastic receptacles, clean them with water and soap using a brush, sink them in a vinegar and salt solution for a night, then sink them back in a backing soda solution to get out all the acid rest from the vinegar and reinstall them on the receptacles. You could use the brush with water and soap again, since dirt can get deep into the female terminals. Terminals can get a small discoloration, don't worry, will be fine.

Clean also all the receptacles.
 
Need to note, depending on the terminals conditions, maybe you won’t need to get them in vinegar and salt all night long, and maybe 4 hours could be enough. It’s about monitoring them
 
I ordered new packard 56 males and females and replaced all the terminals.
I soldered the terminals after a quick crimp with my “w” crimpers.

I should add that soldering is s sensitive process and should be done with care. I use extremely small diameter solder and a good
Iron.
 
Often the issue is not the terminals, but the wiring getting loose where it is crimped in the terminal. The unsealed Packard 56 style connectors were not really designed to last the 40+ years most of our cars have. Not only do the connectors corrode and oxidize, but the unsealed wires do too. Recently, I was trying to re-use some part of an original harness, and even cutting into the center of the harness and stripping the wire, the wiring was black with oxidation. At some point the best solution is to just get an entire new harness. Although I am guilty of soldering old connector / wire crimps on my car to be able to drive it until it gets re-wired.
 
Can't remember which is which, but one of the major (Believe it's M/H's harness) the bulkhead tooling was cheaped out on and has 4 tooling holes though into the cabin. So you need to fill those with sealant or buy the one that is made correctly and install it instead. Now I'm racking my head as to whom I bought it from.. believe it was Vans..
 
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