And why is it that battery corrosion seems to happen on older vehicles
more? What process causes the corrosion? I just cleaned up the cable end
on the parent's '98 Durango this evening after finding the positive cable a
bit loose. Can loose connections cause it? The terminals on my Dak
don't seem to do this and my '04 Mach1 doesn't do it at all.....
--Mike
'93 MarkIII RC 5.9
On 1/3/06, Rick Barnes <rascal@scrtc.com> wrote:
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> Flux capacitor....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of JAMES KNOX
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:13 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: Re: RE: Re: Weird battery corrosion!
>
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> Magnetic Flux
>
> Jim Knox, 91 Dak
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Barnes" <rascal@scrtc.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:04 PM
> Subject: DML: RE: Re: Weird battery corrosion!
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> >
> > Agree with JK, and all that dissimilar metals stuff that causes
> > corrosion...
> >
> > On a whole other thought, has anyone heard from Bernd?
> > Rascal
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of JAMES KNOX
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 9:32 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > Subject: DML: Re: Weird battery corrosion!
> >
> >
> > Perhaps dampness created a circuit or sulfuric acid fumes.
> >
> > Jim Knox, 91 Dak
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jon" <jon@dakota-truck.net>
> > To: <dml@dakota-truck.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:30 PM
> > Subject: DML: Weird battery corrosion!
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Yesterday, I finally took a few minutes to wade through the barn to
> >> the front of the Cuda and Dak in order to hook 'em up to trickle
> >> chargers.
> >> I opened the hood of the Cuda and was greeted with a strange sight...
> >>
> >> The hood pins don't have the retaining wires attached to them, they
> >> are just loose. When I had parked the car, I just set them on top of
> >> the battery, and I lowered the hood down, although I didn't lower it
> >> enough to touch the latch. The hood pins were sitting in the middle
> >> of the battery, equally distant from each terminal, and they weren't
> >> touching anything metal, with the possible exception of the hold-down
> >> bracket. Where the pins were touching each other was a pretty decent
> >> build-up of that white, powdery "battery corrosion" material. The
> >> battery terminals themselves look great, not a hint of corrosion.
> >> There was no direct electrical contact, (the pins were at least 4-6
> >> inches away from the nearest terminal) the only thing I can think of
> >> is somehow the cheap zinc coating of the hood pins being in contact
> >> with each other and just sitting in the field between the positive
> >> and negative terminals triggered something. The car had been sitting
> >> like that for about a month.
> >>
> >> Anyway, I thought that was pretty darn weird and had never seen
> >> anything quite like that before, so I figured I would share. :-)
> >>
> >> TTYL!
> >>
> >> --
> >> -Jon-
> >>
> >> .- Jon Steiger --- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -.
> >> | 67 Dodge Coronet, 70 Plymouth Barracuda, 76 Peugeot TSA |
> >> | 78 Dodge B100, 90 Dodge Dakota Convertible, 92 Dodge Ram 4x4 |
> >> | 96 Dodge Dakota, 96 Suzuki Intruder 1400, 96 Kolb FireFly |
> >> | 99 Jeep Cherokee 4x4, 2001 Dodge Ram 3500 CTD |
> >> `--------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
> >>
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