Date:         Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:19:43 -0800
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From:         Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Unbelievable, was Re: Spare ECU
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That kind of solder fatigue plagues the cruise control amplifiers in
'80's/'90's era Mercedes and Audi vehicles.  I have two '94 Audi wagons with
inop cruise systems, which I assume is due to failed amps, yet they have a
system that appears to be quite similar to that used in my Vanagon.  My
van's system works quite cheerfully, despite being older and far more prone
to vibration and violent upheaval.  I don't think I've ever heard of an amp
failure in a Vanagon; why is that?

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:26 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Look at these, read the captions...
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/dbeierl/SolderFatigue#
>>
>
> All eight of my images are on the first four pages of google image
> results for solder fatigue.  And the entire collection is the third
> result down on a regular google search. That's frightening.
>
> d
>

--
Casey