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Apr 11, 2016 9:25 PM in response to applefanAidynby Don Archibald,From the symptoms you give, it sounds like there's some dirt in the keyboard's keyswitches. Here are a couple of webpages addressing such issues with that keyboard -
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=70708.0
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc/6XekPss_21U
What some folk have had success doing is to actually wash a keyboard which has sticking keys. To do that, get some distilled water (like that sold for use with steam irons; grocery stores often carry it). Warm some up (body temp or a bit more is OK; not real hot), immerse the keyboard in it. Slosh the keyboard around for a bit. Repeat with a batch of fresh water. Then hang the keyboard up to dry - suspending it from one corner is a good way. Let it thoroughly dry; this might take a few days. You can use a fan to help the drying, but do not use a heat source (such as a hair dryer). Remember that heat weakens and melts plastic.