Re: Hot fuel pump relay...and fuse/relay panel moisture

[Phil and Judy Rose <pjrose@servtech.com>]

>Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 10:46:58 -0600
>From: Alex Kowalski (audial@aol.com) (Law Guest Account)
><lawguest@wppost.depaul.edu>
>Subject: Re: Hot fuel pump relay...and fuse/relay panel moisture

>Has anyone on the list ever put a couple of those little dessicant packs
>that are frequently found at the bottom of dry-goods shipments inside the
>cover of the fuse/relay panel?  I was thinking you could tape a couple of
>them to the lid and replace them every few months or so.  Or is there
>some agent that you could spray into the panel with the components
>removed that would disperse moisture without harming the conductivity
>of the contacts?
>
>Best Wishes,
>
>Alex
>'86 5KCSTQ
>(hopefully soon with custom springs!!) :-)

I'm not familiar with the fusebox on the 4K, but if it's like 100 and 200
series, it (fusebox) is fairly open to the car's interior, so it's doubtful
that dessicant would be very effective in keeping things from corroding.
Couldn't hurt, though.

Phil Rose

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