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not strong enough for corolla plug leads

Hi, i have a 94 corolla the 1.3 litre, sixteen valve engine. the one where the spark plug leads go to four 'lollipop type sticks' that disappear into the head before connecting to the plugs.

they were always difficult to unplug and my old fingers are now getting past it. i dont want to put pliers or anything on the tip rubber plugs. i guess i can find someone locally with stubby fingers to do the business. but for future use would anyone have any ideas how to make them come off more easily? i dont think the top rubber plug is sticking, but more the actual clipping part on the top of the plug. grateful for any advice on how i can get them to come off more easily in the future. thanks

Reply to
jw 1111
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vasaline.

Reply to
Neil - Usenet

Twist through 90 degrees to break the seal then pull.

Reply to
Conor

silicone grease, or wrap some rubber round the tips of your pliers. Self amalgamating tapes good.

Reply to
Duncanwood

Thanks to all. Would not vaseline or silicon grease interefere with the quality of the connection between the plug top and the metal clip that grabs it? Also I would be grateful if you would educated a novice on exactly what 'self amalgamating' tapes do? many thanks.

Reply to
jw 1111

Nope

It's like electrical insulating tape but you stretch it about 50% & it then amalgamates (sticks) to itself. It's fairly soft & rubbery so you can grip things with it.

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Duncanwood

The message from "jw 1111" contains these words:

No - not in the slightest. Lubricant or water displacing grease is commonly used on electrical connections and provided the connector isn't shoddy to start with never causes a problem.

It comes on a roll and is like thick insulating tape. The difference is that it's supplied with a disposable backing strip rolled with it. To apply, you unroll it, peeling off the backing as you go and stretch it while wrapping it. After a few hours the rubery stuff of which it's made will have melded with the next layer in, and so on. Eventually it'll have "self amalgamated" into one solid rubber layer. Dead clever, and in the right situation very useful.

Reply to
Guy King

Ford used to recommend applying silicone grease to the lead fittings on the zetec engine.

Reply to
a.n.other

silicone grease would be better electrically than vaseline.

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a.n.other

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