>Haha. "in spades" Terminal joke.

That's terminally awful.

>Good to know, and appreciated. IIRC, very little if any brake fluid
>dripped down during master cylinder R&R. Strange how that can
>happen. Could vibrations cause the wire to move enough, over time,
>to work harden the brass?

A little reading tells me that season cracking in brass is
specifically due to stress corrosion caused by the presence of
ammonia.  The stress is built in when they stomp out the terminal and
crimp it to the wire.

Next time I feel like resetting the stupid radio code I'll take a
photo of my battery terminal.

>Still. That metal box was a relatively bad idea.

Meh.  The entire vehicle is made of steel, why shouldn't the box
be?  The (a) purpose of the connector shell is to insulate live
terminals from contact with other stuff, it's not reasonable to
expect to have to insulate everything in the vicinity.

>Do it once, do it right!   (well that's my ultimate goal anyway   ;^)

http://www.eldritchpress.org/owh/shay.html

Yrs,
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