C2 Rusty Fuse Block

[Donald M.]

The metal prongs that hold the glass fuses on my '67 are lightly rusted. Most likely due to the the moist environment in my garage. How do I clean them and is there a coating (grease?) that I could put on the prongs to prevent it from re-occuring?

[Bob R.]

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[Jeff S.]

Re: C2 Rusty Fuse Block

Don

If the fuse holders are not too 'fuzzy', you can clean them with a (suitably sharpened) pencil eraser. Mine were really nasty; I obtained decent results with 'Tarn-X' tarnish remover on a Q-tip.

[Larry Kelly]

Re: C2 Rusty Fuse Block

I had the same problem. I bought some little round wire brushes from McMaster-Carr. Then I chucked them up in a drill with contact cleaner on them and "honed" the inside of the contacts. It looked much cleaner when done.

[Gary S.]

Re: C2 Rusty Fuse Block

Don, I am sure my response will raise some eye brows but I had electrical issues when I had a 66. I took apart the connectors on the engine side of the firewall and there was a lot of corrosion on the male and female halves. I used Naval Jelly and a disposable brush and put a nice coat on the connectors. After about 15 seconds I washed it off. I kept this up until the contacts were spotless and then rinsed the whole thing off with lots of water. I air dried them and then brushed on di-electric grease. Worked great.

I would suppose that you could do this with your fuse block, keeping everything carefully blocked off with towels and such. Make sure that you disconnect the battery first!

Gary

[Peter L.]

Re: C2 Rusty Fuse Block

Gary - Let the eyebrows raise!!!!!!!! Sound like a great idea and I'm going to try it on my '66 Chevelle fuse block. Those car are notorious for water leaking from the windshield area down on to the fuse block area and the results are a PITA as far as electrical problems and to fix. Thanks, Pete

[Scott Marzahl]

Re: C2 Rusty Fuse Block

You can try an electrical contact cleaner called De-Oxit, it comes in a "sharpie" pen type applicator, I'm not sure how well it works on rust but I used it on all my oxidized connectors and fuse block with great results. Radio Shack carries it.

[Peter L.]

Re: C2 Rusty Fuse Block

Scott - Thanks. Sounds like another good idea worth trying. Pete