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On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 20:07:32 -0500, Jim Adney wrote: >On 12 Jun 2004 at 15:08, Mark Healey wrote: > >> Something else occurred to me. When I was replacing the voltage >> regulator with the brand new one I dutifully disconnected the battery. >> Unfortunately I just set the cable aside and while I was connecting >> the connectors from the battery to the regulator I dropped one and the >> cable to the battery had slipped and was making contact with the post. >> There was quite a bit of arcing. I'm amazed those connectors aren't >> shielded. > >Any time you're working on something like this you should remove the battery >GROUND cable and then carefully stuff it down out of the way, so it can't get >back in contact with the battery terminal. > >> Anyway, Could I have damaged the battery? > >The most likely thing to be damaged is the connector that sparked. The battery >is the LEAST likely part to have suffered. > >Without knowing exactly what sparked, and what it sparked to, I can't tell you >if you damaged anything, but if the connectors are okay, then you are PROBABLY >okay. Connector got a little dammaged. A small corner if it got melted away. But it still fits on snuggly. Mark Healey 71 FI auto square 71 FI manual square marksvw@healeyonline.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org