Check your NATO plug

[Tjeska]

Thx for the heads up!
Checked mine today while installing differential skid plates.

It was very tight, but did manage to open the connector...

Was full of water...

Did use the winch some weeks ago, so glad that it still worked with the Nato connector full of water.

Did add some petroleum jelly, will check regularly from now on.

 

[smbennett]

In the subsea oil & gas industry, we often have Tronic connectors seize for the same reasons. Some light and fast tapping around the cap using the edge of a spanner, etc will often free up the connection regardless of corrosion.
I would try that first.

Thank you - tried that, as well as some big channellocks and a sledge. Absolutely no budging. Put my feet on the inner tire and used pretty much all the leverage I could muster to no avail, and ripped right through the taped off jaws and gouged the heck out of the cap. Just scheduled an appointment with dealer, so fully expecting them to spin it off with no effort and embarrass me

I stand defeated...

 

[Tazzieman]

Thank you - tried that, as well as some big channellocks and a sledge. Absolutely no budging. Put my feet on the inner tire and used pretty much all the leverage I could muster to no avail, and ripped right through the taped off jaws and gouged the heck out of the cap. Just scheduled an appointment with dealer, so fully expecting them to spin it off with no effort and embarrass me

I stand defeated...

Ask your wife to have a go with her jam jar opener

 

[Tjeska]

I did not have the time to check this out, will do this in the future...

But could it be possible to design a 3D print bracket to divert the water flow away from the Nato socket?
I noticed when washing the car yesterday that the water (on my QM) flows down the chassis and drips from the Nato socket.

When I screwed it back open, there was a small amount of water in it again (cleaned, dryed it completely with pressured air some hours before).
So did the cleaning, greased the treads this time witn vaseline instead of copper paste, maybe this will work better...

 

[mcdoogs]

I keep meaning to check this and put some dielectric grease in there.

But I still have no clue how I’d even use this outlet.

 

[ECrider]

Are you missing something @ECrider?
The entire inside of my cap is covered by a rubber gasket.

Thanks Clark Kent. I do indeed have the 'Dutch' cap . That takes care of the female receivers. Now protected the threads with a liberal application of vazz.

 

[Tazzieman]

Thanks Clark Kent. I do indeed have the 'Dutch' cap . That takes care of the female receivers. Now protected the threads with a liberal application of vazz.

Petroleum jelly destroys rubbers...

 

[mcdoogs]

Petroleum jelly destroys rubbers...

Yeah this, I'd definitely use something silicon-based to lubricate plastic/rubber threads