The red goop comes in an aerosol can and is called "Battery Terminal Protector"
(Go figure! :-). I bought mine at NAPA and forget the exact price at this
point but I don't think it was very expensive. Too bad you don't live closer
or I'd let you use some of mine... All they had was a large can of it and I'll
never be able to use it all.
Of course you're right about the temp. thing... < 10F isn't that bad but I
don't think extreme fits < -25 either... That's more like bizarre cold! :-)
Tom
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Subject: Re: DML: Dying batteries
Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
Date: 2/12/00 1:15 AM
Sounds plausible. No stalling here though, at least not yet. What's
this "red goop" you mentioned? I'm going to check the local auto parts
stores tomorrow (since I have to go out that way anyway...left something
at the office that I need to catch up on this weekend) for this cool
brush gizmo I saw the guy at AutoZone use on my friend's car last
weekend when we got her battery replaced, maybe I can pick up this red
goop as well?
The brush was actually 2 brushes that snap together to protect the
bristles. One's a "male" configuration, for cleaning the inside of the
terminal clamps on the leads, and a "female" brush cup, for cleaning the
terminals on the battery. For storage, they lock together, covering both
brushes. Real slick. (if I've bored anyone with this tangent because
it's such a common tool, I apologize. I'd never seen one before and it
fascinated me. Simple minds, simple pleasures.) I'll have to check my
catalogs too.
Oh, and Tom, < 10 isn't "extremely cold." < -25 is where I start calling it
"extreme." Unless the wind's blowing...then I bump the bar to < 0.
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