As some of you folks know I redid the fusible links on my car months ago. Last night I saw a post on FB about a guy looking to repair the links in his car. It sounded like he thought the plastic barrels were the actual links. I started to look at different sites to see what those barrels are actually called. I read on another forum that theyre made of a phenolic plastic thats supposed to be fire proof so if the link wire burns it wont travel past the barrel. That makes perfect sense.
The odd thing is theres no way of reproducing them if you do a repair. Its too bad they dont make a fireproof shrink tubing. Crimp them, shrink them and take your chances ! LOL
I also read that youre not supposed to solder the fusible link wire to the harness wire. The solder can wick into the fusible link and damage it by lowering the resistance.
Figured this might be good info for someone doing this in the near future.
The odd thing is theres no way of reproducing them if you do a repair. Its too bad they dont make a fireproof shrink tubing. Crimp them, shrink them and take your chances ! LOL
I also read that youre not supposed to solder the fusible link wire to the harness wire. The solder can wick into the fusible link and damage it by lowering the resistance.
Figured this might be good info for someone doing this in the near future.