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CAD Man wrote: 1) Our relatively "weak" brake/rear lighting has been brought to light > (sorry, couldn't resist) here and I must say for anyone, especially those of > us still running an aging 6v electrical system, maybe it's time to think > about some maintenance?! I was guilty of this until recently myself, my > lights could be barely seen either parking lights or brake lights. I took > my rear lenses off (to replace them) and discovered unknown years worth of > crud caked both on my bulbs, the reflectors and the lens, not to mention the > contacts. You would not believe how much more light pours out when there's > good contact AND all these reflective surfaces are....well, reflective. > Doing this right now with my '66. The bulbs are still the original ones that say made in Germany (car was one owner 62K). Has not been driven since early 80's so EVERYTHING is corroded and filthy!. The tail light bulbs get very dirty thanks to the drain opening at the bottom of the lens. Thank god for the Dremel. Bob (Wire Works) the wiring guy suggested I use "Tarnex" or something like it as a brush on cleaner. Anybody else have suggestions for cleaning contacts/terminals that have lots of corrosion but you can't get a wire brush to?? BTW contact cleaner will not cut it, I've tried. Steve ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/