Re[2]: Latest Alfa Owner and Spider Speedos...

[Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>]

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:21:45 -0700 Jon Pike <jhpike@domain.elided> wrote:
> Not to say,  that a good joint can't last the life of the car..  but 
> marginal ones won't.   Miltary and aircraft electronics are typically 
> dipped with a heavy varnish like coating,  gluing the parts down so they 
> can't vibrate and eventually crack the joints..  Of course,  this is a 
> hassle and expensive,  and probably dosen't make sense for a car..

actually, what's common is to pot things in epoxy; i've seen it in engine
computers (it actually makes life difficult in SCCA tech. we can tell when
a Miata driver has chipped his computer rather easily, but the Neon
computers are in an inch deep layer of epoxy.)

richard
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Richard Welty                                         rwelty@domain.elided
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