Thomas,
I would use a knife, wire brush, or curved jaw
pliers. Basically you want to scrape off the top
layer of oxidized lead. I would reassemble them dry,
tighten them down, and then spray the whole connection
with that battery terminal paint that you can get at
just about any auto parts store. In order to protect
the underside of the connection, you can use those
felt washers, or you can lay a bed of wheel bearing
grease at the base of the battery terminals. that
will prevent air and moisture from making its way into
the connection from underneath. Cleaning the contacts
at the other ends of the cables (engine/body ground,
hot lead to starter and alternator), as was previously
mentioned, would also be a great idea.
Regards,
Ben Pender
- Thomas Mladenka <tmladenka@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> How would you recommend cleaning everything? What's
> best to use?
>
> Thomas
>
> Ben Pender <ben_pender@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thomas,
>
> I would definitely pull the cables off of the
> battery, clean them and the posts thoroughly and
> then
> reassemble. Even though the connections may appear
> tight, I have seen corrosion occur in such a way
> that
> there is very high resistance in the connection.
> One
> way to test it is to put a volt meter across the
> battery terminals and then across the cables. I've
> seen significant voltage drop that has been the
> reason for something like this. Even if this isnt
> the
> problem, its a good thing to do.
>
> Regards,
> Ben Pender
> --- Thomas Mladenka <tmladenka@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > This morning I went into the garage to start my
> 505.
> > I put the key in and turned it to let the glow
> plugs
> > warm up, as soon as I turned the key to start the
> > car the starter engaged for literally a fraction
> of
> > a second and then...nothing. All the dash lights,
> > the fan, the dome light - everything went dead. I
> > didn't have too much time to mess around with it
> as
> > I had to go to work, but I'm going to have a look
> at
> > it later on. It's probably something simple like a
> > loose battery ground or something like that...any
> > suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> > '86 505 S TD
> >
> >
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