87 5000CS Avant with electrical issue

[Tony Hoffman]

And to add to that, I did one about 11 years ago in a friends V8Q, still
going strong. Same exact splice from Home Depot. Was familiar with them
from running power in the past.

BTW, for anyone who might be worried about water getting past heat shrink,
put a dab of silicone in each end before shrinking it down.

Also, check the power inputs to the fusebox, minght be some corrosion there
you are contending with. Easy enough to pop it up and check.

Tony

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:

> Ha, funny enough I used that same Home Depot splice on mine about 8 years
> ago and it recently failed. Seems some moisture got to it and it rusted to
> bits.
>
> -Cody (mobile)
>
> On Dec 7, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Peter Golledge <petergolledge at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Splice is under carpet in passenger footwell, basically looks like a
> lump in the cable.  If it has not been done, just do it, they ALL fail
> eventually.  I used a splice from home despot which is designed for
> patching underground mains cables.  Bigscrew terminals with some shrink
> tube over it will outlast even an Audi!
> >
> > Check your Alt brushes also, can be removed from back of alt, had those
> go intermittent and drive me made with random low voltate stuff.
>