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

[Indiana Robinson]

National Automotive Lines has them too, probably cheaper.
www.natauto.com
I just have Diana pick them up at Wally World when she is there (which
is about every 4 hours)  :-)
Request a free catalog from National. They have a bazillion things not
in the catalog but just thumbing through it you will find a hundred
little things you didn't even realize you needed.   :-)
I like the fact that they carry so much little stuff so you can repair
something instead of just replacing a whole component.

On 9/29/08, Dave Merchant <kosh at ncweb.com> wrote:
> 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
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