hpjunky98

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It's been raining for weeks it seems like, but I was able to pull my motor after building a ghetto garage out of heavy duty tarps and rented chain-link fence. I had the motor sitting outside as i do not have a garage, but it was covered with tarps with some bricks holding it down. It was raining really hard last night, and It looks like at some point the tarp blew off. This morning I went out and the motor was uncovered and wet. The harness is what I'm most worried about right now. I'm not using anything from the old longblock, but I'd like to see if the harness is salvageable, or damaged in your opinions. Is there anything I can do besides keeping it covered for the time being? Is there something I can spray on the connectors to make sure they don't rust or anything? Any opinions are greatly appreciated.

-Chris

Spartan7

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I'd blow them out with canned air. IIRC, there is a special cleaning spray for electrical contacts. To be safe, you also might want to ohm out the circuits with a multimeter.

WhiteBird00

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Other than the connectors, the engine harness is designed to withstand water - it gets wet under the hood. All you need to do is dry out the connectors and apply some dielectric grease to prevent corrosion. It probably wouldn't hurt to put plastic baggies over the connectors to prevent a recurrence.