Electrics cleaning

[Sylvester]

Well what started as "a bit of a winter spruce up" has left me with a frame on a milk crate. So, engine out etc but started to clean up all the electric connectors. Found a fair bit of general mank on some of them so out with the trusty suede shoe brush. Cleans up the connectors and pins a treat. Usually I use WD 40 to spray everything up before putting it back together. Anyone found a better product for reassembly of connectors? Can't wait to get the barrels and heads back to see if the machining has made a difference. I was thinking of a performance camshaft from wunderlich. Anyone tried one?

 

[bumpmuncher]

Ah I use a suede brush aswell. But use silicone grease on the conectors.

 

[Sylvester]

Ah I use a suede brush aswell. But use silicone grease on the conectors.

Sounds like a plan. I wondered if someone had found a newfangled wonder spray.

 

[bumpmuncher]

or any of the other spray silicone grease

 

[Rob Farmer]

Wd40 itself isn't the best thing but there is a wd40 contact cleaner http://www.maplin.co.uk/wd-40-specialist-contact-cleaner-621346 that evaporates without leaving a film. Dielectric grease is the correct thing to use afterwards. http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-dielectric-grease.htm or a spray as bumpmuncher suggests.

Acf50 make a superb dielectric grease that has loads of uses http://www.acf-50.co.uk/corrosion_block.htm

 

[chrisshrops]

just the thing i was thinking cheers folks

 

[JASONBC]

http://uk.farnell.com/ambersil/6130001500/contact-cleaner-ambertron-400ml/dp/1439246

I swear by this stuff for cleaning electrical components, you can get it alot cheaper than the farnell price though