preventive maint system PMS

[quasi]

Ordered some 3mm silicone vac line for the throttle body. What I plan on doing is removing the sides and also the frunk and checking all the wiring plugs I can get to and using a little dielectric grease in each of them. While i'm in there also doing an air filter element change to. Prob a good time to go ahead and change out the spark plugs to I would think. Anything else anyone can think of I should do while it is apart??

 

[M109Dreamer]

Ordered some 3mm silicone vac line for the throttle body. What I plan on doing is removing the sides and also the frunk and checking all the wiring plugs I can get to and using a little dielectric grease in each of them. While i'm in there also doing an air filter element change to. Prob a good time to go ahead and change out the spark plugs to I would think. Anything else anyone can think of I should do while it is apart??

I did a very similar thing as you when doing the maintenance. So what I did was pull the frunk assembly and added the following while I was in there.
1. (2) silicone vacuum lines
2. stebel horn install
3. changed all zerk fittings to 90' and 45' for better access.
4. changed headlights and fog's to LED's
5. added swaybar
6. added bumpskid
7. replaced plugs and wires
8. Changed air filter out to JT's air filter (easier to clean later and less plastic)

I prob forgot a couple of other things. But I replaced everything I could while I was in there.

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree:
He gave you a darn good starting list! :thumbup:

But what will you do after lunch? :dontknow:

 

[quasi]

:agree:
He gave you a darn good starting list!

But what will you do after lunch? :dontknow:

Ride! Hopefully.

 

[Easy Rider]

and using a little dielectric grease in each of them.

You need to know:
Dielectric grease is an insulator. It is NOT a good idea to put that on electrical contact points and then connect them together........because if the contact pressure is a little low, the grease will CAUSE a problem instead of prevent one. It is intended to be packed around connectors AFTER they are plugged together to keep water and dirt out. The grease itself will accumulate dirt over time.

 

[quasi]

You need to know:
Dielectric grease is an insulator. It is NOT a good idea to put that on electrical contact points and then connect them together........because if the contact pressure is a little low, the grease will CAUSE a problem instead of prevent one. It is intended to be packed around connectors AFTER they are plugged together to keep water and dirt out. The grease itself will accumulate dirt over time.

Thanks, I had no idea. might well just check them for dirt/corrosion and tape them up?

 

[El Dorado]

You need to know:
Dielectric grease is an insulator. It is NOT a good idea to put that on electrical contact points and then connect them together........because if the contact pressure is a little low, the grease will CAUSE a problem instead of prevent one. It is intended to be packed around connectors AFTER they are plugged together to keep water and dirt out. The grease itself will accumulate dirt over time.

in a previous life I was and Aircraft Mech with inspection Authorization. I beg to differ on the dielectric grease. It was used all the time on connections. here is a quote:

Silicone Dielectric Greases and Non-Silicone Dielectric Greases are considered electronically neutral. These materials neither hinder nor promote the electrical performance of an existing system. The real goal for grease in an electrical interface is the ability to control two variables: fretting and corrosion. Fretting and corrosion cause more damage to stationary interfaces than any other failure mode. For this reason, lubrication of the interface is needed to prevent the corrosion caused by oxygen and mitigate the fretting and micro-movement in electrical connections. If metals are mated for an electrical application, grease will make the connection last.

 

[Easy Rider]

in a previous life I was and Aircraft Mech with inspection Authorization. I beg to differ on the dielectric grease. It was used all the time on connections. here is a quote:

ON the connections, not IN them.

And that is not nit picking. There is an important difference.

It does depend to some extent on what KIND of connectors are in use.
If the connection point is broad and flat......or round and smooth.....then grease should NOT be put on the conducting surfaces.
If the connector is a type where one side has a relatively sharp edge and mates with a scraping action, then a little grease in there won't hurt.......IF the connection remains tight.

And I have been an Electronics Engineering Technician for about 50 years now.
I used to work in a plant that made 2-way radios for the military and spent about 25 years with AT&T, part of that at Bell Labs.