[AT] Check the grounds, check the grounds, check the grounds.

[Dave Merchant]

Solid brass terminals at Wally's?

Gotta go look for them, and see if there's a price break for large quantities!

Dave Merchant


At 11:59 PM 9/28/2008, you wrote:
>I had a sudden problem with the lights on my tractor hauling trailer
>last week. Everything had been working perfectly then all of a sudden
>almost nothing was working right. I was ignoring my own advice and was
>checking coupler connections and grabbed a multi-testor checking
>current. Finally I picked up a piece of wire and held it against a
>shiny bolt on the trailer coupler and a shiny bolt on the truck...
>Yep, everything started working right. I started checking and the
>ground from the truck had suddenly failed. I was in a hurry so rather
>than chase it down I ran a short jumper from the trailer to the truck
>and left... The truck and trailer wiring both are getting pretty old
>(me too), I need to rewire both of them. (I don't think I can be
>rewired).
>My Allis C is cranking slow with a fully charged battery so I checked
>the ground at the starter (big set screw) first since that has long
>been a trouble point but it was OK. Next I used the spray all
>connections with WD-40 trick and started cranking it. Sure enough the
>good looking connection at the steering post started smoking... It was
>smoking between the connector and the cable, not the bolt connection
>to the post, I'm going to pick up one of those web ground straps like
>the original the next time I'm in town.
>I noticed last week that both battery terminals on my Yanmar 1500 need
>replacing. They both look like they are 200 years old and one is
>broken. I have been using those solid brass replacement terminals from
>Wally World and have been happy with them. They are only about $2.
>
>
>
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>--
>"farmer"
>
>"Good clean muck never hurt nobody!!!"
>Morris Moulterd
>
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>
>
>Francis Robinson
>Central Indiana USA
>robinson at svs.net
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