I think i repaired mine.
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Had a body control module go nuts in a caravan. Horn honking, wipers activating.
Body control is in driver’s door.
Wires in door jamb broke and were giving bcm bad information.
Saw this 3 times so far.
Body control is in driver’s door.
Wires in door jamb broke and were giving bcm bad information.
Saw this 3 times so far.
Nasty storm is brewing.
Shouldnt be long and the power will go out. Hope not, generator is too far away to drag over in pouring rain.
Shouldnt be long and the power will go out. Hope not, generator is too far away to drag over in pouring rain.
What is this a picture of ? Zinc plating mix ? Do you mind telling a little about it ?
Bill
Weren't you happy with your service ???
Oh, well, the service could have been better, but I kind of refuse to work for free, and without any benefits. And then someone else stick the money in their pocket to live a better life. That is not my idea of "fair".
Bill
What year caravans were those ??
Same here easy to do Bill
Zinc Plating with Common Materials
Zinc Plating with Common Materials
Unconventional
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It's Fury Friday!
I checked my calendar this time
.Good morning.
Oh I miss storms and power outages and ruff weather. Kind of makes me feel alive, and that the world is not dead either.
Bill
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Ahhhh .. Late summer in the southwest deserts. When the girls can be scantily clad night or day
.Good thing they didn't choose the winter solstice for this event, they all be wearing parkas.
zkx14
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I changed the battery January 2018. Around that time it did some freaky stuff with windows not working at times. I think the horn blowing started sometime after that. Wondering if when old battery was dying it got its brain scrambled a little. Guess I will see when I put the module back in. Lately it would go a day or 2 after putting horn fuses back in till it would start blowing.
Want to get them out of there close down the cell network!Ahhhh .. Late summer in the southwest deserts. When the girls can be scantily clad night or day
Good thing they didn't choose the winter solstice for this event, they all be wearing parkas.
Thank you, that was awesome. But how did you manage to zinc plate the inside of the trunk ?
I have used a tank of water to remove rust from parts. Tank, water, and cleaning soda, one stainless steel plate, wires, and then hang the part you want the rust off, and I used the battery charger. Cleaned a tractor rim that way, that is the biggest part.
Bill
Not me just zinc/copper/nickle plate vacuum advances.
The trunk latch on this 67 dart was cleaned and replated with New Zinc, in a process like electrolysis moving the zinc particles in the solution to the part you want to replate.
The current of 3 volts is used from a 12 volt battery charger on trickle. Polish it up a little at the end of the plating process. The zinc mix is something like vinegar, wash soda, zinc strips from the hardware store, and Karo Syrup of all things that helps bring out the shine in the plated finish. Have to let the mix soak for at least 24 hours so that the zinc particles gets absorbed into the solution from the vinegar breaking it down. Pretty cool how it all works, something I can do in house here without having to send things out. Have to see if I can dig up the actual recipe for the mix as it is buried somewhere around here.
The marvel of science . . . A process that is like the opposite of Electrolysis that is used for rust removal.
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That is perfect @halifaxhops
Yes that is the exact article that I used for my simplified method and mix solution. Using zinc roofing strips from the hardware store soaking in the solution for 24 hours or more instead of buying the zinc sulfide.
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Boy howdy. It almost got down in the 40s last night. Missed it by 2. No Small Craft Advisory 
That would be the trunk latch plate that is Zinc Plated there Tim. The Factory match paint color in the trunk is Base/Clear system.
Thanks
Oh, to me it looked like all of it was zinc plated, and I started scratching my head. Now I can stop doing that.
Bill
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Barges Hit Bridge on Interstate 10 in Texas; Large Portions of Roadway Remain Flooded | The Weather Channel
Reminds me of the 1993 St Louis flood.
Reminds me of the 1993 St Louis flood.
Still stormin. House is shaking.
Between thunder and wind its continous.
Between thunder and wind its continous.
Went to visit a friend in Northern Virginia for lunch. Took me to a nice Vietnamese Pho Restaurant. The Pho was Excellent
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