It's a good idea, afetr the contadcts are cleaned, to coat with dielectric grease to maintain a good contact and prevent corrosion of the nice clean metal. Karl Wolz
|-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] |On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel |Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 5:20 PM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Re: Cold start issue [SOLVED] - Contact cleaner?? | |I used some-a dis stuff: | |<http://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.188/.f> | |(It's what I had sitting around.) | |-- RJS | |On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 13:57 -0700, courtney hook wrote: |> So Rocket man, what name brand contact cleaner did you use? |Seems like |> it's time for me to go over a few vintage motorcycles and my |77 Westy |> contacts as a preventative. Would like to know what worked |so well for |> you. I HATE sitting on the side of the road because of my own |> stupidity in maintenance. |> Thanks, |> Courtney |> |> |> ----- Original Message ----- |> From: Rocket J Squirrel camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM |> |> > You guys are so smart. I unplugged, peered at, added a bit of |> contact |> > cleaner into, then re-plugged the connector back into the Temp 2 |> > sensor,and now the van is right as rain. |> | |----- |No virus found in this message. |Checked by AVG - www.avg.com |Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1511/3688 - Release Date: |06/08/11 |
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