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It would also be interesting to note the replacement part circuit board number.
Would you be willing to take the new one you have apart and post a picture of the board?
The part number of the board (16509737-4), which is written on the bottom of the board itself, crosses to the 3rd gen firebirds. Is this the first time this part has been replaced?
Yes it is the first time. I think the rubber seal failed after all the years and probably leaked water when it was washed or in the rain.
Not sure I want to take the new one apart. It took a bit of rigging to get it in seeing as how it I had to transfer the brass pieces which came out and the bolts were seized in which explains why I had to use a set of vice grips and some super glue