

| Subject: | Re: Electrical conductive paste or glue/adhesive |
| From: | Dan N |
| Date: | Thu, 21 Mar 2019 13:34:53 -0700 |
thanks all for the help... it's nice to get rid of the blue foil and get a kit to replace it, but... the blue foil still working good except the lights problem... but here's the thing, I have more than one van and replacing the blue foil on all the vans it's quite costly... On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 4:53 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > At first I was thinking of something like adhesive copper foil...from > McMaster-Carr. But the more and more I looked into it, and recognizing the > 30+ years age on that troublesome Blue Foil, the rock-solid improvement > offered by GoWesty would be something to strongly consider. Yes...it's > $250...and probably several hours of work. But they offer a great video on > how to do it, doesn't look bad at all, and you will be confident for the > next 30 years. Their design looks robust and well conceived. > > For me, I use my van for extensive long distance cross country roadtrips. > Reliability is EVERYTHING to me. > So as GoWesty often says....Cry once, Do it right, and then forget about > it forever. Having said that, no I haven't replaced mine in my '85. But > maybe I will. > Rich > > San Diego > > > > On Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 3:17:17 PM PDT, Jim. Felder < > jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Much cheaper, but haven't used this brand (though their other products > have > been good)" > > https://www.gearbest.com/other-tools/pp_009129062089.html?wid=1433363 > > Jim > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 12:52 PM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > > > hi all, > > > > I am looking for a kind of electrical conductive paste or glue/adhesive > to > > repair the instrument cluster blue foil... > > > > thanks advance for any idea of brand, kind and where to buy.. > > > > I am repairing the spots where the lights are.. there's no contact and no > > light at all, the bulbs are LED and new.. I guess the spots were worn or > > broken... > > > > thanks > > > > dan > > > >
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