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Old May 28th 05, 03:13 AM
Paul Hovnanian P.E.
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Don Stauffer wrote:
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> The terminals on my Neon's battery had a lot of corrosion on them, so I
> cleaned the terminals. I wanted to remove the + cable to better clean
> it, and found I had no wrench that fit the nuts. A 1/2 inch is too big,
> a 7/16 is too small. Anyone know if these nuts are metric? Or are they
> an unlikely 15/32? The nut is too close to the battery holddown top to
> get an adjustable around it- I hesitate to use one of those anyway, as
> the nut looks like a soft copper. I have cleaned most of corrosion off,
> but would still like to get the connection off, to clean inside of cable
> connector and battery post.


7/16 is 11.1mm, so its either a 12mm (more likely) or a 15/32 (less
likely).

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