Good morning!!!!

[CajunRider]

Good morning to all.
Sunny and warm today down south. That actually is going to be a problem because my AC is out and I can't get to it until this weekend. The old system is shot (bad compressor and leaky condenser) and needs to be replaced.
Started cleaning my shop this morning before going to work. This is going to take a long long time.

 

[Looking4new]

Zero F and going to a high of 23 Wind NW 7 mph. I gotta go out today and get some parts and groceries. That will be the highlight of my day.

 

[daugen]

RS, good medical news and good luck with quitting.
your fish are gorgeous. Now if only they would live for twenty years...

VW used a printed film wiring harness inside the instruments if the film cracked without exterior stress, that was sure a bad engineering solution.
Is this normal for modern instruments or someone's better idea?

Buppies, be good and take it slow.

 

[ronjhall]

VW used a printed film wiring harness inside the instruments if the film cracked without exterior stress, that was sure a bad engineering solution.
Is this normal for modern instruments or someone's better idea?

Very common to use printed circuit board for gauge clusters. Been around since the 80s. Maybe sooner. Biggest problems with ones I have worked with are component failure. Newer ones use stepper motors. They fail. Some have bulbs that are soldered in. Dealers will sell a whole new cluster to repair. When all that is needed is a $.30 bulb and 10 minute soldered job. Of course either repair requires removal of dash to get at cluster.

 

[toppop52]

Very common to use printed circuit board for gauge clusters. Been around since the 80s. Maybe sooner. Biggest problems with ones I have worked with are component failure. Newer ones use stepper motors. They fail. Some have bulbs that are soldered in. Dealers will sell a whole new cluster to repair. When all that is needed is a $.30 bulb and 10 minute soldered job. Of course either repair requires removal of dash to get at cluster.

You can buy stepper motors on eBay for about $10-$15 a dozen, same motor runs every gauge from speedo to fuel, so you don't have to worry about getting the right one. We use to change them out a lot.

 

[toppop52]

I just realized, it was 44 years ago Sunday that I stopped smoking. I'd smoked for about 6 years and was up to over a pack a day already. I went to the doctor with a cough, he got some X-rays and told me to keep smoking and die young. I threw half a pack of Marlboros in his trash can and never lit another. However, like any addiction, you're always hooked and have to avoid it forever.
Another couple of cold days, 22° tonight, then hopefully spring arrives.

 

[Thomas]

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You hit nail on the head all winter w/weather calling not going to start doubting you now,but far as our local tv weather station.

Don't go being/getting stubborn rest the up some more.

 

[PJSprog]

32°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 52° today. Supposed to be 75° again by Friday, but the iThingie Weather Widget also indicates a wet weekend is coming. Not good, as I need to do some finish grading around the new sunroom.

 

[hawkeye08]

40s here this morning, grass is really greening up last few days.. reminds me how far behind I am...

 

[PJSprog]

Guy about a mile down the road from us was mowing his lawn when I drove by yesterday evening on the way home form work, hawkeye08. Gave me one of those "Holy Cow!" moments.