"rust buckets" ?

Nah. That only happens back East.  <grin>

Rust aside, the only virgin metal the bolts would have contacted
would've been the edge of each hole. Each side was covered with either
paint, and/or undercoating.

Neil.

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:39 PM, mark drillock<mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> Sure thing, that could work. Those rust bucket vans from CA though are
> subject to corrosion in a way not seen so much round heah. So I suggest
> running a wire with the chassis grounding end up where it can be seen.
>
> Mark
>
> Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>
>> Couldn't ya put a paint-cutting washer between the relay case and the
>> chassis? An outside-star lock washer will dig its little pointy teethy
>> things right into the metals. Properly-torqued, it will be a gas-tight
>> connection.
>>
>> Like this guy:
>>
>> http://product-image.tradeindia.com/00119865/s/0/Star-Washer.jpg
>

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