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Old Sep 21, 2014 | 11:25 AM
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JamieL
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From: Scarborough
Default Re: Automatic 2004 Crossfire Issues

Originally Posted by Xalidin
If you don't need the car as a daily driver, you can pull your RCM and send it off to one of the board members(there is a long post on the board somewhere) and he can typically send you one that he has "fixed" for a small fee(10 or 20 bucks if I remember right), and he will then keep your board, repair it if necessary and save it for the next person that needs one fixed.

It's actually pretty easy to fix. I was getting the 0410 error the other day as well, so I pulled mine and found that the first relay had alot of carbon build up on it. I used the dollar bill trick(use a fresh clean brand new dollar bill, and run it between the contacts of the relay and it will pull the carbon off without damaging the contacts). Although some RCMs also require some re-soldering work, luckily mine didn't(I am familiar with doing soldering work so was able to make that determination). The other option if you are not comfortable with doing soldering work, is to try and take it to a TV replace shop(they are becoming few and far between), they are usually very experienced in doing soldering work, and most of them will do it for ALOT less then it would cost to buy a new RCM unit. Also there is in that other post the mentioning of the part number for the relays, I looked them up about a week ago, the relays themselves only cost about 3-4 bucks a piece(and there are 5 or 6 on the board), if you decide to take it to a TV repair place, I bet they could replace those for you as well if they are damaged.

Unfortunately for now, it is my daily driver. I am going to be selling it, I just want to get this stuff fixed before I do. (A. I don't want to sell it to someone with problems I'm aware of, it makes me look lazy and B. as an every day car, its just not practical. It was fun, but now it's time to fix it up and part ways)
 
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