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09-27-2020, 06:01 PM | #1 |
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Distributor connector - clean the contacts or leave alone?
Cleaning up this distributor to put on a new engine and thought to clean the metal tabs in the connector but dont want to screw things up. Is there a simple way to remove them and clean them and pop them back in or should I leave it be?
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09-28-2020, 01:05 AM | #2 |
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Re: Distributor connector - clean the contacts or leave alone?
I'd use anything from CLR followed by a good water flush to electrical contact cleaner to coating it up with a silicone dielectric grease. Contact would still be made despite the grease and it would be protected from further corrosion.
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09-28-2020, 08:52 AM | #3 |
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Re: Distributor connector - clean the contacts or leave alone?
Hey Vince and thanks for the tip! I was wondering though if I should attempt to pop out the connectors from that black plastic housing and clean each separately. Not sure if its necessary but seemed like the best way to get it cleaned.
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09-28-2020, 10:53 AM | #4 |
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Re: Distributor connector - clean the contacts or leave alone?
I saw this video and followed it and it turned out pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkw_52rFHU8 I just left the connector as is and dunked it in the vinegar/salt solution and then used the smaller pipe cleaner from the cleaning kit I have for the airgun and then dunked it in the water/baking soda solution and coated with dielectric grease. Onto the next deal now. |
09-28-2020, 12:19 PM | #5 |
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Re: Distributor connector - clean the contacts or leave alone?
If that were mine I would have sprayed it with Deoxit and left it alone.
Now you don’t know if that Vinegar and Salt solution wicked up under the wire’s insulation.
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09-28-2020, 01:07 PM | #6 |
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Re: Distributor connector - clean the contacts or leave alone?
Just like me to leap and then look. Well the guy in the video did the dunk in the water/baking soda bath to neutralize the vinegar/salt which I did do but thats water in the wiring jacket now. Dang.
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09-30-2020, 11:52 AM | #7 |
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Re: Distributor connector - clean the contacts or leave alone?
This is where your wife's hair drier comes in handy.
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09-30-2020, 12:39 PM | #8 |
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Re: Distributor connector - clean the contacts or leave alone?
I don’t think baking soda neutralizes salt.
Good luck.
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09-30-2020, 02:21 PM | #9 |
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Re: Distributor connector - clean the contacts or leave alone?
If i was to use anything it would be a nail file (cardboard) and just touch up the contacts.
blow dry clean and die electric grease the contacts . |
02-05-2021, 10:17 PM | #10 |
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Re: Distributor connector - clean the contacts or leave alone?
I have a 2012 wrangler TJ, speaking of dielectric grease, I will be camping and will encounter water crossings. I would like to know what electrical components I can apply this dielectric grease. I've seen a lot of applications here https://motoringcrunch.com/reviews/dielectric-grease/ and seems to be pretty good at keeping moisture away. Thoughts to apply are, battery connectors, pcm connectors (computer box), and spark plug boots.
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02-06-2021, 06:29 PM | #11 |
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Re: Distributor connector - clean the contacts or leave alone?
Harbor Freight sells jeweler's files, in sets of 10 assorted, very skinny files. That's what I use to clean corrosion off copper contacts in tight places.
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02-06-2021, 06:58 PM | #12 |
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Re: Distributor connector - clean the contacts or leave alone?
This is what I use to clean contacts. But no one ever said I wasn't obsessive about stuff.
https://www.amazon.com/Innovative-Pr...2C1080&sr=8-24 And dielectric grease. I use the sh!t on everything. Every electrical connection, bulb, whatever, I give it the grease. Big toothpaste size tubes are cheap enough from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Permatex-2205...s%2C230&sr=8-3 .
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