Originally Posted by
Harte3
Small hint...don't buy the dialectic grease. Next time you are at the grocery store or a pharmacy buy a tube of petroleum jelly...the store brand is usually the cheapest. I use the stuff on everything electrical plus anywhere else a light grease is called for. Since it is recommended for the high corrosive environment of boats, it certainly is good enough for cars.
No offense to the previous poster, but please don't do this. Petroleum jelly isn't even close to the same or as effective as dielectric grease. It burns, swells rubber, and wears off much faster that petroleum jelly. Leave the vaseline in the medicine cabinet and use dielectric grease for electrical connections; you'll be happy you did one day. I dunno WHO reccommends it for boats, but I'll bet no automaker does.