{"id":2603,"date":"2026-06-14T23:15:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T23:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/?p=2603"},"modified":"2026-06-14T23:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T23:15:27","slug":"more-small-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/more-small-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"More small maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two small jobs this week – putting a gasket on the shift coupler cover and addressing the grounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First up, and this is admittedly ridiculous, but I noticed that dust was coming in from the shift coupler cover. And I just painted the battery area, which made it extra noticeable. So I made a little gasket out of a Felpro 3060 kit and we shall see how well it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lets see how it works out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up, after I showed a pic of my cleaned up battery area to my buddy he scoffed that I did not have a better grounding post. Now I think this is fine, but why not do better?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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His contention was why not tie the battery ground and sPod ground together. First I just made a jumper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This terminal crimper from EZ Red is really nice, so much better than the kind you hit wit ha hammer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But now I don’t particularly love that. I ordered a ground bar from Amazon which was too big. Maybe this round one from Painless Performance would work – https:\/\/painlessperformance.com\/product\/8-point-distribution-block-black-part-no-80115\/<\/a> ? Or maybe I just leave it alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading this far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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