You can rebuild it... thread of renewal & restoration of factory parts:
06-15-2011, 02:36 AM
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You can rebuild it... thread of renewal & restoration of factory parts:
I'll start off with a very basic, yet essential part of our 928's... the battery ground cable.
It is all too common for there to be significant damage to the outer wrap leading to excessive corrosion -for what can be really considered an interior part.
I took an average used ground cable, stripped off the protective wrap and gave it a thorough cleaning (see pics of products). The bare cable was soaked in CLR and scrubbed with an old toothbrush. After rinsing, it was then soaked in Tarn-X. This worked wonders on the brass ends and copper cable. It took a couple of fresh soaks in TarnEx and then dremelled with a wire wheel.
After the final rinse of clean water and air drying, it was placed in a ziplock bag with a large dessicant packet to remove all remaining moisture... for a week.
Some large gauge heat shrink (in 6" lengths though, unfortunately) served as the replacement for the factory protective wrap. Some may be able to find a long, single piece of heat shrink to eliminate gaps or overlapping. Mine is overlapped in sections. The adhesive on the inside of the heat shrink will serve to keep out moisture and control corrosion going forward.
Again, this is a simple renewal... what have you done to a factory part to keep it in use? (show pics too!)
It is all too common for there to be significant damage to the outer wrap leading to excessive corrosion -for what can be really considered an interior part.
I took an average used ground cable, stripped off the protective wrap and gave it a thorough cleaning (see pics of products). The bare cable was soaked in CLR and scrubbed with an old toothbrush. After rinsing, it was then soaked in Tarn-X. This worked wonders on the brass ends and copper cable. It took a couple of fresh soaks in TarnEx and then dremelled with a wire wheel.
After the final rinse of clean water and air drying, it was placed in a ziplock bag with a large dessicant packet to remove all remaining moisture... for a week.
Some large gauge heat shrink (in 6" lengths though, unfortunately) served as the replacement for the factory protective wrap. Some may be able to find a long, single piece of heat shrink to eliminate gaps or overlapping. Mine is overlapped in sections. The adhesive on the inside of the heat shrink will serve to keep out moisture and control corrosion going forward.
Again, this is a simple renewal... what have you done to a factory part to keep it in use? (show pics too!)
06-15-2011, 09:04 AM
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Very nice, Barry. As these cars age more and more and parts become increasingly scarce, projects like this will become much more popular--and necessary in many cases.
06-15-2011, 10:16 AM
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Looks shiny and new. Unfortunately (a bit of) surface corrosion doesn't affect resistance, it is the corrosion between the strap and the strap ends that causes trouble.
