Engine Computer Connector
My ECM has 2 connectors, a 14 way connector and a 60 way connector. The 14 way connector was compromised by techs prior to, or early in my ownership, probing the wire insulation. Eventually wire...
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Theses connectors are well known for breaking on the circuit board. And my previous 'get me home' fixes added much more stress to this area when a stripped 18 gauge wire was compressed between socket and pin. It required a good amount of force to reseat the connector and I wound up doing this to 4 of the 14 wires over the years, with multiple insertion removal cycles. So it seems logical that this is now the area at fault.
Also when I grasp the pins with some precision tweezers, some of them move more than others under light pressure.
This is not an issue with the pin/socket connection any longer, it is an issue with the pin's solder connection on the circuit board. After a certain amount of time and heat cycling combined with vibration, the pin loses contact with the circuit board.
The Socket/pin connection on my cleaned and tuned up junkyard connector was pristine, and the dual spring arms in the sockets bent inward to tightly grasp the pins, and both were slathered with stabilant 22a which has a pretty good reputation in its own right as a contact enhancer.
I did not just spray the CRC electronics cleaner in there and call it good, but used mechanical means to lightly abrade the interiors of the sockets and the contact cleaner to flush out debris, and old dielectric grease, and used nearly a whole can in doing so.
And I'm not dissing the Caig products, and will acquire some when I've got some income coming in.
Also when I grasp the pins with some precision tweezers, some of them move more than others under light pressure.
This is not an issue with the pin/socket connection any longer, it is an issue with the pin's solder connection on the circuit board. After a certain amount of time and heat cycling combined with vibration, the pin loses contact with the circuit board.
The Socket/pin connection on my cleaned and tuned up junkyard connector was pristine, and the dual spring arms in the sockets bent inward to tightly grasp the pins, and both were slathered with stabilant 22a which has a pretty good reputation in its own right as a contact enhancer.
I did not just spray the CRC electronics cleaner in there and call it good, but used mechanical means to lightly abrade the interiors of the sockets and the contact cleaner to flush out debris, and old dielectric grease, and used nearly a whole can in doing so.
And I'm not dissing the Caig products, and will acquire some when I've got some income coming in.
