Service difficulty report · Terminal Block · Boeing 757324

Difficulty date
February 22, 2024
Submitted
February 26, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N57855
Make and model
Boeing 757324
Aircraft serial
32814
Aircraft time
58,834 hours, 18,857 cycles
Part
Terminal Block
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Shorted
Location
Vhf Radio
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

RADIO VHF1/2 INOP UNCONTROLLABLE CREW REPORTED: L VHF/HF COMMUNICATION CONTROL PANEL (TUNING PANEL) KEPT CHANGING TO 120.500 AUTOMATICLLY AND R TUNING PANEL TO 118.200. CENTER PANEL KEPT THE SELECTED FREQUENCY. ENGINEERING UPDATE: SELECTION BETWEEN FREQUENCY SELECT INPUT A A ND B IS CONTROLLED BY A GND CONNECTION AT GND BLOCK GD6311-DC. C HK SECURITY OF GND CONNECTION AT THIS BLOCK. GND CONNECTED TO W1 163-0422-22 AT D125B, PIN D3. REFERENCE WDM 23-12-11-3. IF NO IS SUE IS FOUND, ALSO CHECK GND GB145-ST, AS THIS IS THE GROUND FOR THE WIRE SHIELD THAT IS COMMON FOR THE L AND R FREQ SELECT INPU TS. REF. WDM 23-12-11. CHECKED GROUNDS AS REQUESTED. CHK OK. RANG AND MEGGERED FREQ SELECT PORT A AND B WIRES REF WDM 23-12-11, 23-12-21, 23-11-11, AND 23-11-21. ALL CHECKED OK. WHEN PULLING PORT SELECT DISCRETE WIRES AT TB 141 ZB65, FOUND GND FLUCTUATIONS MEASURED AT PIN 4 OF D127. POSSIBLE SHORTING BETWEEN ZA AND ZB. REPLACED TERMINAL BLOCK POSITION 65 TB141 REF SWPM 20-90-15 AND ABOVE WDM REFERENCES. MEGGERED EACH WIRE WHEN TRANSFERING. WIRES CHK GOOD. WERE NEVER ABLE TO DUPLICATE ISSUE. NO PROBLEMS SEEN AFTER TB REPLACEMENT.