Well, some times taking your own medicine is the hardest thing to do. I got home this evening and grabbed some wire to jump battery to solenoid. I figured I'd try the key route and i stopped even getting the click from the starter. I remembered i had unplugged the nss and fed over to the driver's side of the tranny.
So, i said, "lazy, be lazy. And check the connectors before you plug that bad boy back in so you dont have to unplug it again " I finally figured out how the lock comes out. Spoiler, it slides out. I used a pick to get it going and then took the whole thing out with some pliers. My connectors look like new.
Hmmm....i said to myself, might as well pull that nss off and check those contacts while your chubby self is sliding around under the truck. You need a 12mm and 22mm sockets. I finally got that off. Yes, my truck is dirty and I'm pretty sure my valve cover was leaking pretty good for quite some time (see op in this thread).
So, it's all cleaned up, copper contacts are sanded down flat. I checked continuity at the 2 solenoid wires at the connecter holding the copper across the nss copper rail things - 0.1 ohm. I assume that yellow stuff is dielectric grease?
Questions:
1) clean the contacts by sanding or some vinegar?
2) stuff with dielectric grease?
3) just buy grease at napa or what?
4) any other checks with the thing open?
5) where in fsm is the service of the nss?
Thanks in advance for the help.
