[V8] Anatomy of a flakey speedo

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

I had a tube of that in my hand and declined to use it at the last minute...
Go figure.
I think I will give it a try if the connections go bad again.

Dave

Quoting "Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com>:

> ... once you clean up the contacts a coating of dielectric grease will
> probably help.  You can count on the connector pins wiping against each
> other to provide an electrical connection ...
> 
> Steve
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dsaad at icehouse.net [mailto:dsaad at icehouse.net] 
> > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 3:58 PM
> > To: v8 at audifans.com
> > Subject: [V8] Anatomy of a flakey speedo
> > 
> > 
> > After finding that the real cause of my speedo woes was the 
> > connector at the 
> > sender unit, I thought I had it fixed. That lasted about 2 
> > weeks, then it 
> > sputtered a little and died completly.
> > I pulled the sender out and had a good look at at it and 
> > realized what I 
> > thought was a little corrosion was in fact bare copper. The 
> > plating on the 
> > sender pins was flaking off and laying at the bottom of the 
> > connector. As far 
> > as I can see, the wire connector pins are still OK. So I 
> > cleaned things up real 
> > good and put it back together and so far it is working solid 
> > but the bare 
> > copper will probably corrode again before long. I thought 
> > about putting some 
> > sort of grease on the pins but decided against it.
> > 
> > Any other ideas to prevent copper corrosion?
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> > fyi, you can remove the sender by: (with car on ground)
> > 
> > these two steps required if you have a 5-spd. Don't know 
> > about the auto
> >   remove LF wheel
> >   remove bolt holding trans oil cooling line (5-spd)
> > 
> > remove air filter box
> > remove timing senders heat shield
> > reach down and unplug sender
> > unsnap and remove sender.
> > 
> > 
> > You can get the wires up high enough to inspect/clean them.
> > 
> > 
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