1 New discovery makes Kmankind's life easier Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:48 pm
Rick G
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Yesterday while messing about with the K as we all do I needed to clean the contacts of one of the BMW type dash switches.
One of the wires has broken off and the copper contacts wer covered in green muck, I think most of us are familiar with the story.
I instinctivly reached for the DeoxIt (thats right isn't it Blakey) and found that there is only fresh whatever coming out of the tin but no DeoxIt. So being a cunning and ingeneous fella I looked around to find some other appropiate chemical that may work and found myself looking at the big can of carb and injector cleaner that I had been using to get the gunk off the throttle bodies (that is another story) I used it on the switch and the contacts were transformed to a new look before my eyes without any rubbing or anything. I then used compressed air to dry it off and it was sparkling clean.
Now it remains to be seen if the cleanliness is next to godliness or does it fall out the bottom of the switch body during the night, only time will tell but I may have discovered a much cheaper way to clean the contactsout of our mobile phones on our beloved Ks I only pay $13 for a whole big squirt can of the stuff.
Usual disclaimers apply like if your dog gets high on the fumes and eats the goldfish it aint my fault.
I will be trying it on the plugs etc of an old wiring harnes and some old relays to make sure it doesn't attack the insulation on the windings and will report back.
Signed
Proffessor Neutznvoltz.
One of the wires has broken off and the copper contacts wer covered in green muck, I think most of us are familiar with the story.
I instinctivly reached for the DeoxIt (thats right isn't it Blakey) and found that there is only fresh whatever coming out of the tin but no DeoxIt. So being a cunning and ingeneous fella I looked around to find some other appropiate chemical that may work and found myself looking at the big can of carb and injector cleaner that I had been using to get the gunk off the throttle bodies (that is another story) I used it on the switch and the contacts were transformed to a new look before my eyes without any rubbing or anything. I then used compressed air to dry it off and it was sparkling clean.
Now it remains to be seen if the cleanliness is next to godliness or does it fall out the bottom of the switch body during the night, only time will tell but I may have discovered a much cheaper way to clean the contacts
Usual disclaimers apply like if your dog gets high on the fumes and eats the goldfish it aint my fault.
I will be trying it on the plugs etc of an old wiring harnes and some old relays to make sure it doesn't attack the insulation on the windings and will report back.
Signed
Proffessor Neutznvoltz.
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