Re: [FWDLK] Firing the 55 Plymouth

["Paul Schmidt" <shmitato@xxxxxxx>]

I have had very good luck using nickel or copper anti sieze on the battery
terminals. Coat the post and the cable and put them together.
         Paul A. Schmidt
-----Original Message-----
From: J. Johnson <johnaire@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 10:21 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] Firing the 55 Plymouth


>Part 2---Readying the 55 Plymouth
>    I got some transmission fluid today and filed the transmission with a
>few quarts so it was on the dipstick.  I then put the battery terminals
back
>on.  I put some light greese on the battery terminals before I slid the
>cable ends on.  I made a felt washer for the positive post and soaked it in
>motor oil, squeesed it out and slid it over the positive terminal as the
>book states.  And then put the cable on.  Now my Dad told me Sunday, that
>the felt was to prevent the white corrosion from going up the battery post.
>Any body got any other info  that??  The book talks of the oiled felt, but
>maybe I didn't read enough to find out the reason behind it, but it may be
>that ol' Dad may be right. He usually is.   Any way I got one felt under
the
>Positive terminal.