Good point.  Very very good point.

Along the same line, the best tuneup I ever did was removing every ground lug
on every bit of harness I could get to in the engine compartment I then cleaned
the contact point on the engine or frame with wire brush and 3M cloth and put
on new ground lugs.  Then I sprayed both with Bullfrog anti-corrosion contact
cleaner and put them back in place with a new or cleaned screw.

My engine ran completely different after that.  It took a decade off of it, and
I gained about 3mpg.  Worked great, and was a cheap fixup.

tom
K0TAR

On 12 Dec 2007 at 1:53, Jim Akiba wrote:

> And don't forget the grounds! They are just as important as the power
> wires, the yin to their yang as it were. Although not as red and ooo
> so sexy... so often get passed by.  And that's the story of why we say
> they are "poor grounds"... awe.. pooooor grounds...  oft forgotten..
> nobody cares about you. No not really, but part of it yeah really.
>
> Wires do age, and need attention. You're wires are just as important
> as any other part of an EFI engine(and make no mistake, if you don't
> consider them "part" of the engine, do yourself a favor and start
> right now).  Bad wires can and do kill engines.  Just like this thing
> you're reading right now... it's all about the info and the
> transmission. Sometimes the quality, sometimes the quantity, sometimes
> both, and sometimes neither(yuck)... and the wires carry it all, one
> way or another.
>
> Ha I recall a quote from an old neighbor's buddy in reference to his
> dislike of EFI in favor of carbs "I hate electricity". We were pulling
> that one out around the shop for months ha.  Best argument for EFI I
> ever heard.
>
> Jim Akiba
>
> On 12/12/07, Geza Polony <gezapolony@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > If your old cable is in reasonably good shape and you want to save money,
> > clean up the ends and solder new lugs on. Unless it's physically broken, the
> > copper stranding won't change in resistance no matter how old it gets.
> > Copper is copper. Flux, like what they sell for pipes, helps make the solder
> > flow faster and keep insulation damage down, too.
> >
> > One of the best mods I made to my Westy was soldering in an additional 10
> > AWG wire from alternator post to starter, and the same thing from the
> > battery positive post to the aux battery relay. Especially in the early
> > years (mine's an '84) the charging wires were marginal in capacity, leading,
> > in my case, to lousy charging of both batteries. Probably the easiest,
> > cheapest, most effective mod/repair I've done.
> >
>

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Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
85 Westphalia GL Albert
96 Jetta GL The Intimidator
taring@taring.org

What happens if a big asteroid hits the Earth?  Judging from realistic
simulations
involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will
be pretty bad.
                - Dave Barry
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