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Old 08-12-2008, 06:49 PM
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best way to clean ground terminals???

i think i may be having ground problems


to narrow it down i want to clean behind the cylinder head and where the negative cable bolts int front of the engine block

but clean it with what? i can see oil deposit on the engine block of 20yrs of use and the cylinder head is a pain to get to with so many wire harnesses in the way but i want to spray taht down with something and take a wire brush to it


any suggetions?
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Re: best way to clean ground terminals???

Originally Posted by Bobby_80s
i think i may be having ground problems


to narrow it down i want to clean behind the cylinder head and where the negative cable bolts int front of the engine block

but clean it with what? i can see oil deposit on the engine block of 20yrs of use and the cylinder head is a pain to get to with so many wire harnesses in the way but i want to spray taht down with something and take a wire brush to it


any suggetions?
Sandpaper works for me. I moved my ground connections from the back of the head to under the left rear fuel rail bolt. Much easier to get to.
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Re: best way to clean ground terminals???

just what i was thinking.. some solvent and a wire brush and go to town.

you can d/c the wires too if they get in the way.. shouldn't be too hard to re-connect um, gl
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Re: best way to clean ground terminals???

Wd40 and sandpaper is what i use.
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