Re: <TECH> Electrocution!!!

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

You're not insane, but get a new battery NOW!
    -Josiah
    '84 GTI
    '86 Scirocco 8v (buy me!)
    '87 QSW
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

Speriod Ducum wrote:

> Just got electrocuted by my spark plug.... luckily i was wearing rubber
> shoes...
>
> My engine was running and i was testing to see if a plug was failing...
> loh and behold...  the was a slit on the wire and when i grip the plug
> with a puller to pull it...  i got the shock of my life...
>
> it was then i saw that my wire was trashed and sparking all over...
> time for a new one...
>
> also this may sound stupid...  but it seems that my battery is spewing
> acid....  but the thinh is that it is suppose to be maintainence free
> kind....  anyone know whats up???  i had thought that it was my radiator
> that was leaking...  but it turns out that it was the battery...  i am
> hearing gurgling sound coming from the battery top cover... and there are
> lots of fluid there too...  someone please tell me that i am not
> insane........
>
> Alfred
> 85 8v rocco
>
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