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Date:         Thu, 11 Sep 2003 05:52:35 -0700
Reply-To:     Doktor Tim <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
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From:         Doktor Tim <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
Subject:      Re: Could 5 years of VS be over? :-)
Comments: To: Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
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At 08:08 PM 09/10/2003, you wrote:

>So... check those solder joints carefully - I don't know how I missed this >the first time.

Use a 10x hand glass to see many cracks otherwise unseen. Note that heat stress is many times caused by resistance far elsewhere in the circuit, like a corroded ground wire terminal. Many new ECU's get fried in short time by the short elsewhere that is the root of the failure.


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