At 12:31 AM 8/17/01 +0100, you wrote:
>Absolutely, I thought the crystal would fail immediately. However, I'm now
>in the situation that the oscillator only oscillates if I push it slightly
>sideways. It then clicks and starts oscillating. I've checked and resoldered
>it and the contact is good. I can only conclude that there is an intermitent
>contact internally. When I push it sideways I even use insulated probes so
>capacitance/resistance shouldn't be the answer. The clicking noise makes me
>think more mechanical......

Sounds like you fractured ("busted" to be technical about it) the glass-metal
seal on a lead. Sure you (or someone else) didn't crank the body of the
crystal
around,  stressing the leads (after soldering)?  Maybe in a misplaced attempt
to straighten it so it looked good? Just a though..

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