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Machinery Forum Another engineering marvel from Ford NH [ Expand ] [ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ] Posted by Mike on January 17, 2002 at 16:05:39 from (152.163.213.68): We have a 555E Ford NH backhoe with open ROPS. It was in our shop for hydraulic work, and when we finished we washed it off. When I got on the tractor To move it all the warning lites and buzzer were on with the key off. After some checking I looked under the seat at the fuse box, the circuit board was smoking. They use an unprotected curcuit board. The dirt was about 2 in. deep covering the board and it got wet and shorted out. Only $593. to replace it. I've never seen anything so stupid in my life. It just sits on 5 rubber isolators, there is no cover no seal, just the seat base bolts down over it. What did I learn from this, I'll never wash this **^$#@!%^&&^& again. Oh, this is on top of the $2300. we just spent to replace the "obsolete" swing cylinders on this 1996 model year machine. Follow Ups: Re: Another engineering marvel from Ford NH Should have bought a Zetor! no txt.. 16:32:54 01/21/02 (0) Re: Another engineering marvel from Ford NH Pete 19:25:28 01/19/02 (0) Re: Another engineering marvel from Ford NH Robert 09:48:23 01/18/02 (1) Re: Re: Another engineering marvel from Ford NH Mike 17:02:24 01/19/02 (0) Post A Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Re: Another engineering marvel from Ford NH Comments: Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: Email Notification: If you check this box, email will be sent to you whenever someone replies to this message. Your email address must be entered above to receive notification. This notification will be cancelled automatically after 2 weeks.