mikeny59
NAXJA Member #300
- Location
- NY and/or Fl.
A few years ago I upgraded my headlight harness to run e-codes using 10 gauge, and with ALOT of manipulation managed to splice into the oem connectors.
Well, now with HIGH wattage bulbs, the've all but disintegrated, but I've found some fairly beefy connectors from NAPA, with what I think is a 14 gauge pigtail, maybe 12 gauge.
I'm thinking about layering heat shrink tubing over the pigtail wires, and "slathering" on J&B (almost cacooning it) on the actual connector to repel heat. Will this work, or will the tubing, and especially the J&B actually do the opposite - retain the heat applied to it and shorten the life drastically of the connection. Maybe small heat sinks attached to the terminal would dissipate the heat? Again, the oem's are as brittle as a cracker, and the grounds are beginning to fail.
I'm also looking heat shield tubing mat'l from Summit.
Any advice would help, thanks.
Merry Christmas, Mike#300
Well, now with HIGH wattage bulbs, the've all but disintegrated, but I've found some fairly beefy connectors from NAPA, with what I think is a 14 gauge pigtail, maybe 12 gauge.
I'm thinking about layering heat shrink tubing over the pigtail wires, and "slathering" on J&B (almost cacooning it) on the actual connector to repel heat. Will this work, or will the tubing, and especially the J&B actually do the opposite - retain the heat applied to it and shorten the life drastically of the connection. Maybe small heat sinks attached to the terminal would dissipate the heat? Again, the oem's are as brittle as a cracker, and the grounds are beginning to fail.
I'm also looking heat shield tubing mat'l from Summit.
Any advice would help, thanks.
Merry Christmas, Mike#300