When I rewired my BJ7 15 years ago, I tinned the ends of all of the
wires where they went into screw terminals in places like the fuse
block, the ignition switch, etc. I have never had to retighten them.
Peter Schauss
1963 BJ7
1980 MGB
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Mark LaPierre <lapierrem@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
> Nancy, you go girl.
>
> I can't figure out where the idea of putting any type of lubricant or
> antisieze on electrical contacts came from, but I keep reading where some
> people think its a good idea. Even dielectric grease is suppose to be
used
> sparingly on spark plug wire "boots" not directly on the
> contacts. And the old vaseline on the battery contacts is suppose to be
> done after the terminals are attached and then applied to the outside of
the
> terminals as a protective coating. So many misunderstood
> areas on this topic. Sorry if I strayed off topic.
>
> I have never done it but I bet if I put my meter probes in some of the
> lubricants there wouldn't be much continuity showing on the meter so why
> would one use it for electrical connections. They are more of an
> insulator.
>
> Nothing better than a direct contact between the metals, soldering is
> preferred.
>
> Mark
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
> To: "Healey" <Healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 10:47 PM
> Subject: [Healeys] Screw terminals - keeping them connected?
>
>
>> All -
>>
>> On several of my cars I have screw terminals. I notice that over time,
>> they
>> don't seem to keep connection as well as the Lucar/bullet terminals on my
>> BJ8.
>>
>> I was wondering if any of you have a trick to keeping the connections
>> live,
>> hopefully forever, once they've been screwed down?
>>
>> I am considering the following:
>>
>> 1. Use copper anti-seize lubricant between screw and wire?
>> 2. solder/don't solder (i.e. tinning) copper wire tips?
>> 3. use dielectric/lithium grease between screw and wire?
>> 4. use nothing and splay out the wire ends?
>> 5. stop being such a Nancy-boy and just screw down the terminals every
>> six months?
>>
>> Any ideas welcome,
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> '52 A90
>> '53 BN1
>> '59 Jag Mk IX
>> '64 BJ8
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