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Remember the thermal paste!

posted by  Onkel Udo II on  Sat Dec 29 12:49 CST 2012
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Kind of a PSA here. The first car I looked at when starting my quest for much nicer daily driver than the Dog Car was a 1993 sedan owned by the nicest young lady you ever did meet. The car just stopped one day on her way to the airport for an overseas stint on her job. She had it towed to a shop who gave her terrible advice and said it would be about $800 to repair so she was selling it as non-running for $1000 OBO.

I did not want a sedan but a rust free 1993 240 is just too nice to pass up in this neck of the woods.

I took pitty on the girl and told her it could not possibly be that grave and even offered to do some troubleshooting for her using the parts from my 1990 the next time I was in the city.

Tried all the big 4: Fuses, Fuel Pump Relay, CPS and then Ignition Power Stage. Both her and my 240 were so corroded in place that had to remove the screws with vice grips. Neither had any usable thermal paste left on the back of them. Swapped mine into her car and it started right up. My guess is that the paste has a lifespan of about 10 years in our climate...save your ignition power stage with $3 tube of heat sink paste. Guess what I have to go buy right now!






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