Date:         Wed, 6 Nov 2002 20:19:32 -0000
Reply-To:     Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wet electrics - nostart!
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@uvic.ca>
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Ta, but thats the point, batt is new and all its terminals are clean and
fine.
Thanks anyway. I'll get a multimeter first, then get it out and check a few
things.

PS. That packaging's called No Crode over here, smear it all over like...

Clive

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alistair Bell" <albell@uvic.ca>
To: "Clive Smith" <clive.harman-smith@ntlworld.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: Wet electrics - nostart!


>
>
> Clive,
>
> fer gawd's sake get out your mulitmeter and check things!
>
> :)
>
> Just from your description, I'd check the battery terminals first. Are
they
> all corroded? Is there white fluff acting as an electrical bridge? What is
> the battery voltage?
>
> Clean it up and apply grease to retard further corrosion (I recently
bought
> a wee tube of dielectric grease, was expensive and it "looks" just like
the
> big tube of Dow silicon stopcock grease I borrowed from the lab - do you
> know what is so special about the dielectric grease? Is it repackaging and
> profit making?)
>
> Also, while at the battery, check electrolyte and whether the case is
> cracked.
>
> Alistair
>
>
> on 6/11/02 4:54 AM, Clive Smith wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Plenty wet here (like damp through your skin wet). Van no starty, dash
lights
> > gone weak .
> > Am I looking first to the earths going bad and if so which is most
suspect?
> >
> > PS. Alarm started going off at random intervals - is this likely to be
just
> > low voltage?
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Clive
> > '88 Syncro Transporter
>