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Originally Posted by cmac2012
Metal fatigue is hard to get away from. Material fatigue in general. Painful thing for me in these old rigs is the way the small things break. Right now my '89 Chevy van is running great. Also, in short order the cruise control and windshield washer pump thing stopped working. Weird thing on the washer pump, I pulled the two wire jack off the motor and put my multimeter probes in it, was going to see if 12 volts went there when I gave the switch a turn. Funny thing, it read 12 volts w/o the switch (?!). Also my high beams don't work. Even the low beams go out when I hit the high beam switch. Gremlins, gremlins, they drive me nuts. I wonder how many cars land at the boneyard owing to unfindable gremlins.
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I expect a lot more electrical/electronic issues to be the cause of end of life for many vehicles. Each year they add more and more it seems. I usually land up with a few issues in any even older car. Where even they can be a little complex to locate. Nobody seems to want a basic car anymore.
Build to sell is logical but is perhaps being overdone.