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Subject:Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
From:John Rodgers
Date:Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:09:47 -0500

Ahhh! Will do,

Thanks,

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com

On 4/8/2011 12:49 PM, Karl Wolz wrote:
> IIRC, use contact cleaner to sanitize your field, then coat with Dielectric
> to keep it clean and non-corroded.  Dielectric doesn not conuct electricty,
> but protects the connection.
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> Karl Wolz
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> Dave Mcneely
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 10:23 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
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> ---- John Rodgers<inua@CHARTER.NET>  wrote:
>>    Scott,
>> What electricity conducting lubricant would you recommend for the
>> contact finger against the horn ring?
> Hmmmmmmmm.  Am I all wet, or don't those things like "dielectric grease"
> squeeze out of the connection when it is tightened up, and don't actually
> conduct electricity themselves?  They just make making the connection more
> certain and protect it (by coating non-contact surfaces) from corrosion, if
> I understand correctly.  They are only needed in the case of connections
> that may be exposed to the elements or perhaps to fluids and other corrosive
> agents, but not needed in such places as in the steering column, which are
> always dry and contain no fluids to damage the connections.
>
> If I am all wet, tell me so with explanation.  Thanks, mcneely
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