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Old 11-26-2018, 06:37 PM
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Look for the kind of problems in this thread
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-no-start.html
 
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Old 11-27-2018, 06:45 AM
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I can tell you that at this age, connections are going to be a real issue. A lot of what I do at work to solve electrical issues it to remove and clean components, then hit the contacts with DeOxit and put it all back together. My co-workers tease me about the "Pixie Dust" (DeOxit), but as long as I keep saving the day - they can tease me all they want.

I have saved the company countless tens of thousand of dollars that the vendors would have charged for replacing components - and that doesn't even count the down time I prevented. Case in point - a typical "special" PC for controlling what's called a "stamper" runs about $5,000. I've lost memory on these, graphics, and communications. Spread a little pixie dust and we're back online.

Sometimes just pulling an item and re-inserting it cleans the contacts by a swiping action - but the DeOxit reconditions the contacts and they last much longer. The previous owner of my boat "dumped" it on my lap for a good price because all of the electrical was failing. DeOxit, a wire brush, and some screw turning brought the whole boat back from the brink (that and some damaged breakers from bad contacts). So... I ended up with a nice boat for less than it costs to buy a used car.


 
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I used to use DeOxit when rebuilding vintage analog musical mixing boards. The potentiometers would get "noisy", and though it is possible to disassemble and clean them, when you're looking at a 64-channel mixer, that's probably several months of work (likely leading to insanity). Spraying each pot with DeOxit while moving it through its travel, problem solved.
 
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Here we go again. Truck hasn't started or rams in a month. Went to see if I could move it for my lazy *** mail man. And what do you know it fired right up. What the hell?
 
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