Couldn't ya put a paint-cutting washer between the relay case and the chassis? An outside-star lock washer will dig its little pointy teethy things right into the metals. Properly-torqued, it will be a gas-tight connection. Like this guy: http://product-image.tradeindia.com/00119865/s/0/Star-Washer.jpg -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano Bend, OR KG6RCR
On 8/25/2009 1:12 PM mark drillock wrote: > Not bad, seen much worse. The hot tip is to drill out the rivets that > hold that POS Westy sealed lid bracket to the otherwise normal battery > box so you can get batteries in/out without deforming the box and so > there is more room for the cables. Throw the POS away and then get a > regular lid with hinge that will attach to the existing small holes in > the edge. > > One other thing, that 3 wire type of relay is using it's metal case for > the coil ground so it may not work reliably unless you put a wire with > ring terminal under one of it's bolts and ground the other end up where > you can see it, like at the main battery ground. > > Mark > > neil N wrote: >> Hi all. >> >> Click on the slide show to view scintillating comments. <grin> >> >> http://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/AuxBatteryWireInstall# >> >> I still need to install a proper fuse panel, (though the inline fuses >> will be fine), but I'm looking forward to trying all this stuff out. >> >> Neil. >> >> >> -- >> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" >> >> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines >> >> > |
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