[AT] O.T. - sandy Ford electronic control unit.

[Robinson]

	I was under the hood of my 83 F-150 this week and noticed a 
small patch of sand on the wheel well. It didn't look like 
any local sand, more of an orange color, so I kept looking. 
Seems it was leaking from the electronic ignition control 
unit. I pulled the unit and the epoxy seal across the bottom 
was pulling away from the aluminum housing and leaking sand. 
Assuming that leaking sand must be at least a first cousin 
to leaking smoke I replaced the unit. It made no difference 
in the way it ran but I figured that I might have saved 
myself a break down on the road somewhere. I assume the sand 
serves some vital purpose in there. I should open the old 
one up and look at the insides, I've never looked in one 
before. I probably won't understand what I see but much like 
a small boy watching a stripper I'll still look. :-)
	The first vehicle I ever owned that had come out with one 
of those was an older Ford F-150 that the PO had converted 
back to a conventional ignition. He had done the job 
properly and it all worked well. Seems that right after the 
warranty ran out it had gone through 3 of them in a row and 
back in those days they were still $600 each out of his 
pocket. The new one I just put on this truck was less than $13.
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Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
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