Strut rust

It wasn't clear if you physically disconnected the terminal to get the grease inside the connection, but that is essential of course.

 

Sorry to ask a silly question, but what type of grease do you use for this? Are you just putting it at the top of the strut or the other bolts as well?

 

I'm intending to pull the entire cowl for a looksee at some point, maybe
after we're past pollen season, because it's good to clean all that gunk
out of there anyway. One goal is to get some mesh over the HVAC air
intake to keep critters out, because unlike most cars, if you shut down
with the intake flap in RECIRC mode it does *not* stay that way in the Kona,
but deliberately opens to the fresh-air position. That is an open invitation
to chipmunks from miles around to come party in the fan box and see
how many acorns they can pile up in there.

_H*

 

Updating this after a month-plus ... I finally did pull the cowl for a looksee, and
did various block-off hacks. It was insanely easy, by comparison with the Prius.
I probably won't have to do it very often, because the critical drain areas can
be cleaned out through two convenient pop-off panels.

_H*

 

Hi
Interesting read and I am old enough to appreciate CRT's and what the are ....worst shock I received working as an electrician for 40+ years was while doing a Service Call at a Canadian Tire Gas bar from a stupid neon sign...brushed my bare arm across an exposed terminal...man that humbled me!
It also reminded me of what one of my colleagues used to say when I was an apprentice..."there are old electricians, there are bold electricians but there are no old bold electricians..." RIP Joe Rudnisky!
Mike

 

I'll never forget the old electrician sorting out fuse-box problems in an old house I lived in. I was shocked when I saw him walk from room-to-room sticking his finger into empty lightbulb sockets! Clearly, he knew exactly how much resistance his finger presented to those circuits. He didn't wash his hands just before the investigation phase of this job.