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starter terminals

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:45 am
by dingo
How do i prevent the exposed starter motor terminals/connections from turning into a lump of rusty corrosion ?? blue rtv ? something else ??

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:09 pm
by vdubyah73
Could try coating it with a glob of bearing grease. The new roofing tar! :dlaugh:

Bill

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:50 pm
by Adventurewagen
Just take off the wires and wire brush the terminals nice and good. Clean the wire ends too and then just reassemble. Make sure it's nice and clean when it goes back together and your done.

The ends shouldn't turn into a rusty mess and if you brush the outside of the terminals off every few years it should be totally fine.

If you really want to cover it you could probably just find some rubber caps to pop onto them, but thats about all I can think of. nothing to really worry about, just clean it up real good once and then check your connections once every blue moon.

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:19 pm
by Amskeptic
I use my trusty De-Ox gel to coat the terminals, no oxidation, pretty weather proof too.
Colin

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:14 pm
by bottomend
Thank you Colin, I was trying to remember what the jelly stuff was called.

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:35 pm
by chitwnvw
Vaseline.