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Offline badgertom

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Ignition Control Unit
« on: April 11, 2014, 03:16:20 PM »
Has anyone heard of lubricating ( with white lith. grease) the ignition control unit? The former owner of my 1982 R65 told me that this had to be done occasinally. If so how and what parts?
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Offline Bob_Roller

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Re: Ignition Control Unit
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2014, 03:22:32 PM »
The ignition control module, it should be around the voltage regulator .

You remove the two screws and seperate the heatsink from the module , clean both surfaces off and apply ' heat sink ' compound, not grease .

You can get some at Radio Shack, if you have a store near you, can't tell where you call home, whether it's in the US or not .
« Last Edit: April 11, 2014, 03:23:18 PM by Bob_Roller »
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Re: Ignition Control Unit
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2014, 03:44:50 PM »
To add to what Bob said, isopropyl alcohol will easily remove the old thermal compound.  You want the new layer to be thin; the stuff is made to fill the small gaps between the ICU and the heat sink, not provide a big "sandwich layer."
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Re: Ignition Control Unit
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2014, 04:12:20 PM »
You can find suitable compound at every computer shop doing assembly. It is *also* used to mount processor heat sink on the processor's module. You can also find it at every shop selling electronics components (resistors, diodes, resistors...etc)
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Re: Ignition Control Unit
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2014, 04:33:03 PM »
+1 on what Luca said about applying only a thin layer of heat transfer compound.

Truth is compared to the metal itself this stuff is a relatively poor conductor of heat.  You only need enough to fill in any small gaps where metal to metal contact does not occur.  
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