TIL a bad ground on a Garmin G1000 can hide as a random comms drop

Took me 6 hours to trace it back to a single corroded pin in the main rack connector. Anyone ever have a gremlin that simple waste a whole afternoon?

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robin_schmidt576mo ago

Remember that feeling @eric_hunt64 described, the paranoia after a weird fix? After I chased a flickering nav light to a bad crimp, I started questioning every single bulb and switch for a week. Does that hyper-vigilance ever really go away, or do you just learn to ignore the new phantom clicks and hums?

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saraht777mo ago

Worst part is you fix it and then second guess every other intermittent fault for months.

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eric_hunt647mo ago

My old Ford Ranger had a check engine light that would come on every third Tuesday. Replaced the oxygen sensor, the whole deal. For the next six months I was convinced every little noise was the transmission falling out. It makes you paranoid. You start hearing problems that aren't even there.

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