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The reliability of the Backplane was never high in the beginning. And I believe there was at least 2-3 revisions to the backplane. One of its great weaknesses was that that you simply can not test it. Part of that mentality was the "Pluck and Chuck" repair system. Every troubleshooting guide...
Peter,
Over the period of 8-9 years when I worked as a FMT, (Field Maintenance Technician) for the US Army, I got to know this series gen set well. I would guess I found maybe 25 Volt Regs and many more Gov's bad. I did not then, or now, think that these components had a high level of failure...
I agree. Most folks are looking to replace a part that is not only hard to get, but costly. Adding even more to the cost, just seems like counter productive.
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