Damn, this reminds of when my friend shorted out a wrench between the
battery and the large aluminum intake manifold on a BMW. It was the first
time that I had ever seen steel and aluminum welded successfully.
At 03:42 PM 4/1/98 -0800, you wrote:
>just replaced the fan(electric) and it runs marginally cooler but not
>as cool as before. I guess I'll have to go to the 160 thermostat.
>Seems like an attack on the sympton and not the problem itself though.
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>Before installing the fan I thought I would be *smart* and disconnect
>the battery so the fan wouldn't remove any fingers, dont want to be
>like Phil Keaggy since I'm no good at guitar. I'm removing the
>postive lead when the wrench hits the battery hold down bolt. arc
>weld city! I have a 7/16 wrench in the other hand, so I try to bash
>it loose to break the connection. Well, you can't bash anything with
>a 7/16 wrench. meanwhile my friend is watching in amusement. I step
>back pondering if I should continue bashing or get out of the way
>before it explodes. My friend decides to kick it loose and to my
>amazement kicks the wrench free on the first kick. I immediatelly
>pick up the wrench from the ground and immediately drop it. VERY HOT!
> I start the truck and notice there is only 10 volts on the battery,
>that poor wrench absorbed a lot of energy. back to Sears for it!
>
>Moral of the story? the negative lead, the NEGATIVE!
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Nicholas McKinney
Applied Industrial Technology, Inc.
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