I must have Gremlins

Geo-TH,In · Oct 25, 2016

I must have Gremlins in pole barn. This is the 6th time this year I've had electrical connectors go bad. You are looking at the voltage regulator on a John Deere GT275. I included a pic of the electrical connection between the alternator coil and the same wire going to the regulator. Another pic is where I replaced an in line fuse with blue insulated wire connectors. To find the Gremlins, I look for heat stress. Perhaps Gremlins show up after 20 year.

I cut off the plug, leaving about an inch of wire. Cleaned up the 6 ends on voltage regulator and used insulated wire connectors to replace the burnt plug.
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jeffcat · Oct 25, 2016

That is what Silicone grease is for! Run over to your local auto parts and pick up a tube. I put a dab on any plug that is exposed to moisture or corrosion. Really works, no more troubles.

the tractor vet · Oct 25, 2016

Now had i run into that it would have been repaired with FACTORY ends as all that is Packard Delco 56 style ends and i have all the PLASTIC to go with it .

Geo-TH,In · Oct 25, 2016

I use a special grease that prevents corrosion on electrical connections. The voltage regulator had had a grease on it, but bad connection causes heat and heat damaged the connections.

Deutz Lover · Oct 25, 2016

Normally land vehicles are subject to mischief by gnomes, but the Gremlins may have expanded their range. The fairies, gnomes, sprites, and other creatures of mischief have filed a grievance with their union saying that the gremlins only have dominion on airplanes, lighter than air craft, and airfields. This has been an ongoing situation since WWII.

Some of the material looks like red clay.

Rons b · Oct 25, 2016

I had one of those critters attacking the wires to the fuel pump on my ATV. I go out in the morning it would start go about 50 ft and die. I couldn't hear the pump run so I would trace the wire and find 1 wire cut clean through. So I'd fix it and the next morning the same thing. I fix the wire the third time and put a wire loom around them and they stopped cutting the wire.

Deutz Lover · Oct 25, 2016

Rodents are a tremendous source of equipment damage. I had a riding Murray mower and they chewed up the wiring three times, ate a pie shaped wedge off the wheel of a hand pushed fertilizer spreader. After they did this they gnawed the rubber off of a propane water heater hose near the tank. Some of it is because their teeth are continually growing and they use this to keep the incisors short. I also think they are after the salt from perspiration where hands have touched hoses and wires because this was where I had held the hose during fitment.

I must have Gremlins

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