

| Subject: | Re: T4 grounding crown |
| From: | SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) |
| Date: | Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:09:55 -1000 |
I don't even try to use those grounding crowns, as a push-on spade terminal is just a weak way to make a connection. Weak and cheap. You won't find them on high quality cars from the same era. Not on a Mercedes or Volvo, for example. they can only deteriorate with time, heat, corrosion and current flow. I've found tons of loose and 'too old' ones on VW's. A good ground connection for me is like this ( which I discovered and learned about on a 1970 Renailt 16 car's tail light grounds ) .. 'eye' type crimped terminal on the wire end. Sheet metal screw into the body. and the final touch ...a 'star' multi-point washer betwixt eye terminal and body metal. ( like with 10 jagged points on it ) Such a connection will provide a great ground for a good long time. Might want some dielectric grease there too. On 4/11/2016 4:13 AM, Richard Koller wrote: > Did a quick search but failed to come up with a vendor for the crown, whose > yours? > Thanks, > Rick > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 1:24 AM, Alistair Bel <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Did you know you can just manage to squeeze the bigger T4 grounding crown >> in to replace one of the stock crowns on the drivers side wall of van near >> fuse panel? >> >> Well you can :-) >> >> https://shufti.wordpress.com/2016/04/10/vanagon-t4-grounding-crown-2/ >> >> Alistair
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