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> IMO, "cleaning up connections" is a much over-hyped exercise. The > only parts of the metal that are important are the parts that are > pressed against each other, and those parts will always connect as > long as they are tight. They self-clean, by virtue of being tight and > the wiping action of connecting them. I've always thought this but wasn't sure, having left Electrical Engineering after my first year... I would recommend that one disconnects the battery and DO clean the contacts on the fuse box where the fuses are inserted. I personally have seen circuits fail due to corrosion between the fuse and fuse holder; even a simple twist of the fuse after it's been dormant in a T3 has "renewed" circuits. > Of course that's assuming that not a lot of the actual copper has > corroded away. I've personally never seen a wire in a car which has > corroded away to a serious degree. Ooh, I have! And it's normally been the positive wiring. Toby Erkson -- Portland, Oregon -- http://www.icbm.org/ '72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2007cc, rag top '95 VW Jetta 2.0L, CHE tranny w/Peloquin LSD, 270ΒΌ, TT Chip, SCCA Solo 2 EP#3 '73 Porsche 914 2.0L WIP; '81 Honda Gold Wing, 1100cc, stripped ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~