Not sure what's up here but Thunderbird refuses to let me quote Jim's
reply normally................

Thanks, the 'sanitary' way (remove the cig. lighter and replace with
something decent) is what I have in mind. The parts shipped from Jameco
today so now I need to find out if my friendly A&P will really let me do
some of the work. I guarantee you he's too busy to do it himself. My
situation here is a nightmare as far as maintenance goes. To even get
on the grounds of my county airport you have to pass signs that tell you
nobody from the outside is allowed to do work on planes there without
their express permission. But I know a guy ten minutes away who might
be willing to work with me for a reasonable fee.

I haven't been to the plane yet but I imagine I have the typical circuit
breakers. Maybe the new connector could just be wired to an in-line
fuse and connected to the existing cig. lighter wiring. But that will
be up to what the guy signing off on the job wants to see!

Tom