Tips/ ideas needed for cleaning wiring harness ends?
#596181
01/28/10 12:46 AM
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I need to clean up and refurbish my 69 RR underdash wiring harness mainly the connectors, terminal ends, and bulkhead connections. What is good to clean these with? I'm using new underhood wiring harnesses so I'd like to have good clean electrical connections on the bulkhead. Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated? Thanks, Brent
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Re: Tips/ ideas needed for cleaning wiring harness ends?
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01/28/10 03:14 AM
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RapidRobert
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a toothbrush like small bristle brush for the bulkhead half w the male terminals and a new brass male terminal into the half w the female brass terminals to clean the inside of them then spray em all w some electrical contact cleaner
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Re: Tips/ ideas needed for cleaning wiring harness ends?
[Re: RapidRobert]
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Re: Tips/ ideas needed for cleaning wiring harness ends?
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On the bulkhead connectors, I remove connector from the firewall. I first spray it with Radio Shack tuner and contact cleaner or CRC contact cleaner available at many auto supply houses. Use a toothbrush to get into the crevices and wipe clean. If there is stubborn tarnish, I use Brasso and then rinse with the contact cleaner and wipe clean. I am a beleiver in using silicon grease in reassembling the harnesses to the bulkhead connector. The foam rubber gaskets shrink and get brittle as they age. The grease fills those voids and keeps the connection moisture resistant and keeps the green cancer from showing up. I started doing this after losing a bulkhead connection on my 72 Satellite stranding me. I have never lost one since. Craig
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Re: Tips/ ideas needed for cleaning wiring harness ends?
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01/29/10 08:18 AM
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Deoxit spray is very good: http://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.188/.fthe electrical contact cleaner from Radio Shack has not worked as well for me as Deoxit, but it is faster/better than WD-40 and will not harm some plastics like PBlaster will. PBlaster does seem to clean off aluminum corrosion especially well. The traditional cleaner for 'green death' copper corrosion on electrical parts/leaking alkaline batteries is a thick gooey paste of baking soda, scrubbed with a soft brush. It works well but you have to clean and displace the water after you get the green crud all gone. Modern practice is to then use a thin coat of 'dielectric grease' on the newly cleaned electrical contacts. This is the same as 'spark plug boot grease'
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Re: Tips/ ideas needed for cleaning wiring harness ends?
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#596194
01/29/10 09:47 AM
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A water and backing soda mix or Brasso I've used both with good results
Last edited by gtx6970; 01/29/10 09:49 AM.
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