[Vwdiesel] OT Somewhat--diesel tractor

[mark shepherd]

For dielectrics, think of the physics classes and the paper capacitors. I 
was onlythinikingof the interface between the starter and the engine. I 
recently took mystarter off and found manyyears worth of oil inside, and in 
the flange interface, a perfect insulator IIRC.
I used to wrap 'Denso' around connectors for radio/tv transmittters up TV 
masts, to weatherproof.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe" <joe at haasenpfeffer.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] OT Somewhat--diesel tractor


>
> As a certified electronic technician, I can't tell you how many times I've
> tried to explain to people that di-electric grease is NOT conductive.  I
> gave up.  It was intended for spark plugs so the boots don't stick to the
> plug.  Think it started with certain Chrysler products, but I could be
> wrong.  Plug voltages are so high (thousands of volts) that's it's more of 
> a
> static electricity spark which doesn't really require a direct electrical
> connection.  So yes, this grease "could" be your backup light problem, if
> it's only one bulb.  But if it's both, then it's the contacts in the 
> switch.
> If you have the big multi-wire switch, you will discover the contacts 
> inside
> are VERY tiny and can barely handle the amperage of 2 bulbs.  Here's a 
> good
> link for that:
>
> http://brokevw.com/reverseswitch.html
>
> It's quite easy to re-wire the big molex connector to use the 5-pin switch
> in place of the 4 pin.  The costs of the 4-pin replacements are insane!
>
>
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