Worst shift I ever had was last Tuesday on a 737 in Atlanta

Spent 6 hours tracing a intermittent fault in the weather radar system. Turned out to be a loose coax connector behind the radome that someone didn't torque right. Has anyone else found that those old ARINC 429 connectors just get flaky after 15 years?

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charlies372d ago

That ARINC 429 stuff gets weird after a decade plus. Had a similar issue on a test bench once where the pins just didn't want to play nice. Sometimes old connectors just need a re-crimp and some fresh dielectric grease.

betty_perry242d agoMost Upvoted

Just another day playing "find the gremlin" with a 30 year old wire bundle.

lee6892d ago

Gotta love it when you're basically playing archaeology with a wiring harness. I swear those old gremlins have been breeding in there for three decades, so you're probably dealing with a whole family reunion at this point. Every time I see a bundle that old I just start mentally calculating how many zip ties and how much electrical tape I'm gonna go through before it's done.