FiF AC Repair, Wiring Repair, Transmission Leak

[EricTheCarGuy]

1998 Ford Contour AC Repair, Wiring Repair, Transmission Fluid Leak Repair -Fixing it Forward is the actual title for this video. These FiF videos have some pretty long titles. As many of you have noticed, I shot this one myself. It takes a bit longer, but it’s good to know I still got it.

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[asetoftools]

I’m about to clean up a ground wire as well so i had a question about that.

I noticed that you did not wire brush, clean up, or replace the rusty bolt that went into the body for the two ground connectors when you reinstalled it. Perhaps it was just cut from the video? however the bolt still looked pretty rusty. Do you not think that will affect the connection? i always spend like 20 minutes painstakingly cleaning the bolt and area. Perhaps that’s unnecessary?

In terms of grease, do you think its ok to use petroleum jelly over the connectors? I think you were using chassis grease or something like that? you didnt mention.

I love how you didn’t let that transmission leak slow you down one bit. If i ended up causing a problem that was arguably worse/more visible than the problem i set out to solve, I would be super upset with myself. However you dealt with it in the coolest and calmest way possible, and it didn’t even seem to slow you down. Very nice!

Glad I live on the west coast where they don’t salt the roads. Can’t imagine how hard it is to work on a car which is basically rust with a bit of steel here and there.

[EricTheCarGuy]

[quote=”asetoftools” post=154756]I’m about to clean up a ground wire as well so i had a question about that.

I noticed that you did not wire brush, clean up, or replace the rusty bolt that went into the body for the two ground connectors when you reinstalled it. Perhaps it was just cut from the video? however the bolt still looked pretty rusty. Do you not think that will affect the connection? i always spend like 20 minutes painstakingly cleaning the bolt and area. Perhaps that’s unnecessary?

In terms of grease, do you think its ok to use petroleum jelly over the connectors? I think you were using chassis grease or something like that? you didnt mention.

I love how you didn’t let that transmission leak slow you down one bit. If i ended up causing a problem that was arguably worse/more visible than the problem i set out to solve, I would be super upset with myself. However you dealt with it in the coolest and calmest way possible, and it didn’t even seem to slow you down. Very nice!

Glad I live on the west coast where they don’t salt the roads. Can’t imagine how hard it is to work on a car which is basically rust with a bit of steel here and there.[/quote]

I cleaned the body which will make a clean connection with the new connectors. Cleaning the bolt wasn’t necessary. The connection is 1000 times better. Getting picky about the slightest bit of corrosion isn’t going to matter. It’s better than an open. I stand by the repair and it’s been functioning fine ever since. BTW, this car left the shop back in September.

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