Then give the complete fuse block a good spray clean with electrical cleaner to remove any WD40 and let it dry properly. If it is, then you probably do not have to remove all of them and clean the ring terminals. You might loosen/remove one of the nuts, remove the wire to see if it is clean underneath. Give the nuts of the larger supply wires (top ones) a good brush cleaning. It will help loosen some of the rust and "green crusties"! Then, again, with a small wire or brass brush, clean all the terminals, fuse section dividers and so on. I would disconnect the battery, remove all the fuses, and spray the crap out of it with WD40 to start. Your main fuse block under the dash on the passenger side kick panel is in bad shape. Also, make sure the screw and/or hole in the body where the ground is attaches, is clean, scrape a little paint off, if necessary. Use a small wire brush, (or brass), to clean the terminals if it has one, or, in some extreme cases, use a fine-cut file to get a good, shiny surface on both sides of the terminal. clean the outer shell, particularly where the bayonet pins are, and the center contact. ![]() Make sure the center silver contact is clean, and the contact moves in and out, showing that the spring is not seized. Get a small wire brush, round bottle cleaner type, or something that you can get into the sockets ,go around and round the inside of the socket, and then blow it out with compressed air, (if you have access to an air compressor). It is more oily that electrical cleaner, but is is a kind of loosen-all fluid and will help with dirt, crud, etc. Electrical cleaner/spray will work, or a cheaper solution is WD 40. ![]() ![]() For the bulb sockets, after removing the bulbs, spray a cleaner into the socket.
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