[Vwdiesel] OT Somewhat--diesel tractor

[Kneale Brownson]

I found the OEM battery ground cable, one of those woven copper versions, was corroded green throughout and starting in places to become brittle.  It would pass an Ohm meter continuity test, but not provide sufficient ground.
 
I made up a new ground cable using a section of the old ground cable off my '95 Jetta diesel I'd had to replace because the battery end had broken and the extra ground spot in the middle was all greened up too.  Worked perfectly and it has a covering to maybe help slow future corroding.
 
Thanks for the responses.

--- On Fri, 10/8/10, LBaird119 at aol.com <LBaird119 at aol.com> wrote:


From: LBaird119 at aol.com <LBaird119 at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] OT Somewhat--diesel tractor
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Date: Friday, October 8, 2010, 6:19 PM


In a message dated 10/8/2010 2:04:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
eriklane at gmail.com writes:

> That
> dielectric grease might be causing you problems. That grease is made
> to *NOT* conduct electricity, so anything in there covering the bare
> metal is not going to help you with your electrical connections.

  Thus DIE-electirc grease, makes the electicity die.  At least that was 
how 
I finally remembered whether it was a conductor or an insulator...
    Loren
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