Oxidized Auto Electrical Connections:
Many vintage car owners have no idea how many hundreds of thousands of very good coils, good condensors & good sets of points were incorrectly thrown in the garbage because of electrical metal connection corrosion thus insulating auto electrical connections, all caused by metal oxidation.
Typical scenario: One disconects wire terminals on either the coil, condensor, or points, & reinstalls either a new coil, new condensor, or new points with fresh, shiny , & immaculate connections.
Then in tightening either the electrical connection bolt, screw, or nut, on the wire connections, the turning action of same removes the metal oxidation which was causing an insulatng effect & stopping the transfer of current.
After installing the new coil, new condensor, or new points, with "clean" non-oxidized connections, & throwing away the old part with oxidized connections, one is incorrectly lead to beleive that the former coil, condensor, or points were "bad".
One way for a vintage car owner to greatly reduce oxidation & electrical connection failure on (-) & (+) ground connections for headlights, tail-lights, brake lights, coils, condensors, etc., etc. is to apply a very inexpensive anti-corrosion & anti-seize material specifically formulated for these electrical connection applications.
One such product is Permatex #80071, a four (4) ounce can of Copper Anti-Seize which sells fo under $8.00.
Humid climates & coastal regions can cause more oxidation & more sporatic electrical connection failure than arrid regions.
In my opinion, if one has intermitent electrical failure with slip-on or threaded electrical connections, (daily, monthly, annually or even every 5 to 10 years), thoroughly cleaning these oxidized connections & applying this product or a similar copper product will greatly reduce these connection failures & give one peace of mind for years, as well as being able to return from a function at night with working lights.
