You didn't like my flux capacitor shenanigans?
On Wed, January 4, 2006 9:50 am, Rick Barnes wrote:
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> Pffffffffttttt....
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> Rascal
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Josh Battles
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:30 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: Re: RE: Re: Weird battery corrosion!
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> http://tinyurl.com/dzqse
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> On Tue, January 3, 2006 11:41 pm, Rick Barnes wrote:
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>> Flux capacitor....
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>> -----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
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>> 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...
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>>> On a whole other thought, has anyone heard from Bernd?
>>> Rascal
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>>> -----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!
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>>> Perhaps dampness created a circuit or sulfuric acid fumes.
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>>> Jim Knox, 91 Dak
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>>> ----- 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!
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>>>> 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...
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> Anyway, I thought that was pretty darn weird and had never seen
>>>> anything quite like that before, so I figured I would share. :-)
>>>>
>>>> TTYL!
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>>>> --
>>>> -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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