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On 3 Mar 2004 at 19:08, Everett Barnes wrote: > >> Jim A said: > pour a couple tablespoons of baking soda in an old glass and then add > some warm water. Take the glass out to the car and immerse the cable ends in > there. > Everett said: > >I did this today when I was cleaning up my battery area for the new > battery. > > > Here's the picture link: > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/index.mv?photo+149699.jpg That looks exactly right. You can let it soak as long as you like. You won't hurt anything by over-doing it. You're just letting the soda solution get to the acid which has wicked up into the wire. You want to neutralize the acid because it WILL damage your parts; the soda solution won't. The parts look clean after you do this only because the acid had eaten some of it away. Smear some grease on everything and spread the clamp slightly before you put it all back together. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org