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12-30-2010, 09:54 PM
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Battery terminal corrosion
I've had my Ranger 2.5yrs and the negative terminal has always had pretty bad corrosion issues. Last Spring I popped in a new battery and same problem. Any ideas on this --- as it is I'll have to put on a new negative terminal wire this Spring.
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12-30-2010, 09:56 PM
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Re: Battery terminal corrosion
Scrub that bitch with a copper wire brush, and then throw some grease on it.
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Re: Battery terminal corrosion
I have used baking soda and water to clean them. Lat time I did it, It didnt happen for a couple years. Try an upgraded terminal for your battery, I know Buggman knows his stuff about that!
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12-31-2010, 12:13 AM
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Re: Battery terminal corrosion
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Scrub that bitch with a copper wire brush, and then throw some grease on it.
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Any old grease ?????
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12-31-2010, 12:18 AM
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Re: Battery terminal corrosion
I rub petroleum jelly on mine.
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12-31-2010, 09:28 AM
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Re: Battery terminal corrosion
Used stuff from auto parts store and wire brush gently.
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Re: Battery terminal corrosion
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Any old grease ?????
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They do make grease for terminals, and it does work better than normal Grease. But any grease will do.
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Re: Battery terminal corrosion
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I rub petroleum jelly on mine.
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12-31-2010, 09:48 PM
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Re: Battery terminal corrosion
one thing that will help prevent corrosion in the future is to put a penny between the terminals with a dab of grease to hold the penny in place. Any corrosion will move to the penny instead of the terminals. Any penny works, I've been doing this for years.
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Re: Battery terminal corrosion
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one thing that will help prevent corrosion in the future is to put a penny between the terminals with a dab of grease to hold the penny in place. Any corrosion will move to the penny instead of the terminals. Any penny works, I've been doing this for years.
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Ever had any problems with it sliding around?
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Re: Battery terminal corrosion
An old used car salesman told me many years ago that he cleans battery terminals with plain old Coca-Cola from the can. Pour some on, let it set, scrub, wash off.
I never needed to try it myself, but with my last battery I put on a set of those little red/green felt rings under the terminals & they seem to work pretty well.
As for the penny trick, it should work as long as you use a pre-1985 penny. I believe everything after 1985 isn't pure copper like the older ones are, they're a zinc/copper plating.
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Re: Battery terminal corrosion
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Originally Posted by buggman
An old used car salesman told me many years ago that he cleans battery terminals with plain old Coca-Cola from the can. Pour some on, let it set, scrub, wash off.
I never needed to try it myself, but with my last battery I put on a set of those little red/green felt rings under the terminals & they seem to work pretty well.
As for the penny trick, it should work as long as you use a pre-1985 penny. I believe everything after 1985 isn't pure copper like the older ones are, they're a zinc/copper plating.
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ive allways done the coke trick it works real good
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Re: Battery terminal corrosion
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Originally Posted by buggman
An old used car salesman told me many years ago that he cleans battery terminals with plain old Coca-Cola from the can. Pour some on, let it set, scrub, wash off.
I never needed to try it myself, but with my last battery I put on a set of those little red/green felt rings under the terminals & they seem to work pretty well.
As for the penny trick, it should work as long as you use a pre-1985 penny. I believe everything after 1985 isn't pure copper like the older ones are, they're a zinc/copper plating.
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Pepsi works for this also...
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01-01-2011, 11:22 AM
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Re: Battery terminal corrosion
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Ever had any problems with it sliding around?
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Nope, that's where the dab of grease comes in. It holds the penny in place no matter the temperature.
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