OK, so I talked to the original owner today and asked him if the key had ever been difficult to turn in the ignition. He said that early on he had some problems with that but it just kind of went away. So I guess the Pizza Man is right....I should probably take some time and do the "sticky key" mod soon since it seems to have been proven that the problem is materializing. Boy I hate taking dashes apart!
Also. if I wanted to buy an "RCM", what would I call it in a computer search or when asking a dealer about it? Will they recognize that acronym? Does anybody have a photo of one of them so I know what I am looking for? (Maybe the photo is in the how to section). But I guess I still don't understand why an item like this needs to be re-soldered.....was the original item defective? Seems like a weird repair.
And I just ordered one of the Bosch crank position sensors that the Pizza guy posted a link to. I hope he is happy now! (lol)