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MarineRusset
AMC Apprentice Joined: Apr/02/2016 Location: Montreal,Canada Status: Offline Points: 175 |
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Posted: Aug/25/2016 at 10:02pm |
I pulled all the wiring out of my '65 Rambler Classic 660 4 door in preparation for full in & out repaint. I am looking for a tool to remove the corrosion from all the electric connections. I would think there is a small metal fibre brush drill bit? about the width of a pipe cleaner/reamer? Been to 3 big-box hardware stores with no luck. They have drill attachable wire brushes, but all way too big for the little 3-4 mm plug sockets.
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1970390amx
AMC Addicted Joined: Jul/11/2008 Location: colorado Status: Offline Points: 3311 |
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If you search ebay for terminal cleaner you might find what you are looking for. most are for battery terminals but there .are several small brushes and several file sets. Not sure exactly what you want.
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304-dude
AMC Addicted Joined: Sep/29/2008 Location: Central Illinoi Status: Offline Points: 9081 |
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Sonic cleaners for jewlery, and a chemical for cleaning without abrasive damage.
Copper, and tinned metal will clean well just with the chemical, but deep areas will clean better with sonic help. The bowl usually is about big enough for hand dipping most all connector heads but not big enough for motors, which need disassembly. Billd, may have more info on this, as he restores electrical componenents. |
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390 69 crank, 70 block & heads NASCAR SB2 rods & pistons 78 Jeep TH400 w/ 2.76 Low 50/50 Ford-AMC Suspension 79 F150 rear & 8.8 axles Ford Racing 3.25 gears & 9" /w Detroit locker |
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raysinvegas
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I used a dremmel tool on my SC/Rambler wiring. There's a tiny wire wheel attachment in some accessory kits for it. Worked like a charm!
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Andy Ray
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asifnyc
AMC Nut Joined: Apr/30/2008 Location: SF Bay Area Status: Offline Points: 390 |
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+1 for dremel with wire wheel. Then a dab of dielectric grease so they don't oxidize again.
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304-dude
AMC Addicted Joined: Sep/29/2008 Location: Central Illinoi Status: Offline Points: 9081 |
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It looks like many prefer something abrasive... Believe it or not a pencil eraser will do a fine job at cleaning contact surfaces. Depending on the area, you can used a large hand held eraser or for finer areas, a pencle will come in handy. That is as abrasive as I care to clean any contact point.
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71 Javelin SST body
390 69 crank, 70 block & heads NASCAR SB2 rods & pistons 78 Jeep TH400 w/ 2.76 Low 50/50 Ford-AMC Suspension 79 F150 rear & 8.8 axles Ford Racing 3.25 gears & 9" /w Detroit locker |
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White70JavelinSST
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I've used Bleche White, it's supposed to be a tire or wheel cleaner I believe.
A copper or brass cleaner like Brasso will work too. Be careful though, chemicals must be rinsed from the connectors. Do not immerse wiring, especially water. That will cause more corrosion, that's part of the problem why cars that have been in a flood are so troublesome with the electrics. Abrasives will remove any protective coating that may have been plated onto the connector. Be careful and like asifnyc said dielectric grease. |
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70 Javelin SST, second owner, purchased 1972
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6768rogues
AMC Addicted Joined: Jul/03/2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 6231 |
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I have cleaned very small connectors with tiny round files intended to clean torch tips. Be careful that you don't stretch out connectors intended to use pressure for contact.
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Blitzman
AMC Apprentice Joined: May/24/2016 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 114 |
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Like 304-Dude said, a pencil eraser can work surprisingly well.
If you need more cleaning power try one of the white-ish or gray erasers for erasing pen, they seem to have some abrasiveness in some of them. PureTronics Contact Cleaner spray seems to work well. Good Luck! |
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SC/3.00
AMC Apprentice Joined: Aug/13/2016 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 62 |
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Toothpicks and spray cleaner works well too. Specifically the fat end of the flat style picks.
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