It depends on the kind of female connector. If the offending piece is an
all-female junction doobrey, or can otherwise be removed simply from the
car. A great way to clean these guys of oily dirt at least, is to soak them
in nail-polish remover and scrub them with an old tooth-brush. I'm sure you
could do that in situ, but you might want to check that the acetone in the
anil polish remover isn't going to melt the insulation on any wires! In the
case of corrosion, try a bog-standard battery terminal cleaner, and scrub
with a toothbrush. never undestimate the toothbrush. IMHO YMMV
cheers
Joe
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Dr. Joseph Garner
University of California
Department of Animal Science
One Shields Avenue
Davis
CA 95616
USA
Phone: (530) 754 5291
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Walter [mailto:mwalter@luminet.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 7:17 AM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Thanks all
>
>
> I took your advice and started checking bad connections for my weird
> headlight problem. I now have a right headlight on dim and
> high beam. The
> left is on (on low beam), but is so dim you really can't see
> it. Cleaned
> the connections with emery cloth (the male ones). How do you clean the
> female connections? Strange thing. I had the lights on for an extended
> period of time while I was cleaning the connections. When I
> went to look at
> the left headlight, I noticed smoke (steam?)!! Was ist los?
> It was inside
> the headlamp itself. Fried bulb? I will continue my search as
> time permits.
>
> You guys are a wellspring of information to us shade tree types.
>
> Michael Walter
> mwalter@luminet.net
>
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