Question about 1995 Ford Explorer
Remove the battery terminals, clean the posts and terminals and coat them with anti-corrosion grease. Wash your hands after this procedure to prevent mysterious holes in your clothing. With luck, this should fix your intermittent.
Posted on Sep 06, 2009
The grease is a corrosion preventive, not a repair. Replacement battery connectors are generally not very reliable unless they are the crimp-on type like the originals. When you installed the replacements, did the copper wire look clean or was it white or green looking? Sometimes battery acid will work down into the wire insulation and destroy the wire inside. When the car won't start, get a helper to run the key and measure the voltage between the engine metal and the starter solenoid with a voltmeter. Attempt to start the engine while reading the voltage. If the voltage disappears, either of the two battery cables could be bad. Measure between the positive battery terminal and the starter solenoid--if 12 volts appears during start, that cable is bad. The same applies with the negative cable--negative terminal to engine metal. I hope this isn't too confusing and helps.
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I tried that before and even bought new clamps to go on the posts. I didn't coat them with the grease though so I'll try it. Thanks
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