What he said
When I put my car together in 99, I knew about the bulkhead problem. I had had Mopes since 1970. So I was meticulous in servicing it.I took every connector out, cleaned it to brightness, tightened it up, and reassembled it with dielectric grease. So I was good to go. Or so I thought.
Well that lasted for maybe two years and then the supply wire to the ammeter overheated and I could smell the melting plastic at 30 mph. And I was an hour and a half from home.
Well, my daddy didn't raise no fool. I had everything I needed to make a roadside repair,in the trunk, and a short time later I was going on down the road. Later when I got home, I made a permanent bulkhead-bypass. I've never had a problem since.
