Scotty Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 I had been having an intermittant remote. I cleaned the contacts, changed the battery, totally disassembled it to clean it, and nothing seemed to improve its performance. Finally it stopped working. Inspecting it closely and I noticed a grey component on the board that had broken loose, undoubtely from dropping it (see arrow). I soldered it back in position and it's working perfect! Just wanted to share my experience in case you guys have any remotes sitting in a drawer somewhere, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted July 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 PS, that photo was taken with a Nikon 55mm Micro lens with a Nikon 8008s at a distance of about 3 inches with an SB-24 flash and Costco transferred it to CD, not bad! It would have been better with a ring flash but that is such a specific use 'toy' that I can not justify the expense. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHE Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 I had been having an intermittant remote. I cleaned the contacts, changed the battery, totally disassembled it to clean it, and nothing seemed to improve its performance. Finally it stopped working. Inspecting it closely and I noticed a grey component on the board that had broken loose, undoubtely from dropping it (see arrow). I soldered it back in position and it's working perfect! Just wanted to share my experience in case you guys have any remotes sitting in a drawer somewhere, Mike Yep - I had the same thing happen to my '96 remote about 6 months ago - one of the two leads was severed from the circuit board. I soldered it back in place and it has been fine since. Kevin '93 Fleetwood Brougham '05 Deville '04 Deville 2013 Silverado Z71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 I had been having an intermittant remote. I cleaned the contacts, changed the battery, totally disassembled it to clean it, and nothing seemed to improve its performance. Finally it stopped working. Inspecting it closely and I noticed a grey component on the board that had broken loose, undoubtely from dropping it (see arrow). I soldered it back in position and it's working perfect! Just wanted to share my experience in case you guys have any remotes sitting in a drawer somewhere, Mike Yep - I had the same thing happen to my '96 remote about 6 months ago - one of the two leads was severed from the circuit board. I soldered it back in place and it has been fine since. Excellent! I am glad to see that you experienced the same issue. Thanks, Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHE Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 I wish the keypad was available as a service part.....the symbols are worn off my '96 and the '93 remotes. I still have the second set of gold keys and remote for my '93 (that have not been used) but I want to keep them in original condition. I need to find an ink that I can silkscreen the buttons with the words "LOCK", "UNLOCK", "TRUNK" and "FUEL" instead of those symbols.... Kevin '93 Fleetwood Brougham '05 Deville '04 Deville 2013 Silverado Z71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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