revhrd
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I have been a lurking, reading trying to learn from all of the wealth of information from here about m998s. Long story short, after replacing coolant hoses and thermostat because the temp gauge was not going down from about 220 degrees (it still does not), the glow plug light began to show the dreaded one second flash. During the thermostat replacement, I learned that previous owner (Uncle Sam), had previously replaced the thermostat and destroyed the thread for the lower bolt. I'm going to guess this was because of the threads being at a slight angle and the individual working on it failed to realize this. The coolant bridge was also replaced, and in the process, I disconnected the TSU and the temp gauge on the bridge. Of course, as a great lurker on this site I failed to disconnect the batteries first before disconnecting these sensors. I completed the work, plugged the sensors and was working great. A week later I got the one second gp light. After trying out a new set of batteries, installing the grounding harness and cleaning existing grounds, I decided to open up the EESS box to see if this was the culprit.
Below are pictures of the damage and the tag on the box. It did rain here for a couple of days which rarely occurs and I did not correlate the possible water damage to the EESS as the culprit. It had about 1/4'' water inside built up and this is a week later. Are the components on this box repairable by an electronics savvy individual? I'm thinking a circuit board repair man of sorts. Is it worth repairing? During my search on the site, I came across a linked gear report article on the PCB/EESS trouble shooting and mentioned that at one point Kascar had modify boxes but KDS had updated their design with the CR2699 which this seems to be. The second question, is this box a smart box? I know that the KDS S3 seems to be the best, but I would rather ask yet again the experienced folks here on what I should consider.
Below are pictures of the damage and the tag on the box. It did rain here for a couple of days which rarely occurs and I did not correlate the possible water damage to the EESS as the culprit. It had about 1/4'' water inside built up and this is a week later. Are the components on this box repairable by an electronics savvy individual? I'm thinking a circuit board repair man of sorts. Is it worth repairing? During my search on the site, I came across a linked gear report article on the PCB/EESS trouble shooting and mentioned that at one point Kascar had modify boxes but KDS had updated their design with the CR2699 which this seems to be. The second question, is this box a smart box? I know that the KDS S3 seems to be the best, but I would rather ask yet again the experienced folks here on what I should consider.
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