When I put in the wiring harness on my Bugeye during the restoration back in
1999, I used copper paste on all the bullet connectors. No failures yet,
but time will tell. Normally it is used for anti-sieze, but I thought the
copper would promote conductivity AND preclude moisture as it never
hardens. Seems to have worked. Unless someone can give me a reason not to,
I will be using it on my BN2 restoration harness connectors.
Mike MacLean
56 BN2
60 AN5
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com>wrote:
> Here is the rest of what I wrote last night
>
> Often just unplugging and replugging the connector can fix this
> problem temporarily. To prevent this from happening you can do three
> things:
> Move connectors to areas of low vibration / heat
> strap connectors so the parts cannot move in relation to each other
> Use dielectric grease to keep the oxygen out.
> On modern cars with water tight connectors the dielectric grease is
> applied before the connector is assembled otherwise there would be no
> way to get in there afterward. A good connector will scrape the
> dielectric grease and the tin oxide out of the way to ensure proper
> tin to tin contact. (Note to anyone working on a modern car, do not
> use dielectric grease on O2 sensor connections, it will poison the O2
> sensor.)
> the concern here is not so much moisture as it is oxygen. A side
> benefit of dielectric grease is it will help moisture out also.
> Double win!
> I hope this answers your question.
> Rick
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