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Update.  My son is working full time as a welder, so he does the family trade as a side gig.  Since everyone is asking for the fall tune up of their oil burners and other service calls as needed, he has been busy after work and on weekends. He has just finished looking at just about every possibility all of you have been so helpful contributing, but it has taken some time to get there.  

Finally contacted Goodman Tech support on Tuesday, and they asked him to get a megger and test the compressor windings. (locked rotor and stuff like that may have caused winding insulation deterioration).  Since I sold the business and no longer have a megger, he needed to borrow one from the guy I sold mine to.  That test indicated that the compressor is just fine with over 1000 megs.  (anything less than 700, Goodman would have condemned the compressor).  So, Goodman told him to get a new circuit board under warranty.  And just so happens that the counterman from the supply house where he purchased the equipment stopped by for a beer and to see how Ed Jr. was making out, and he heard the Goodman tech support guy tell him that. Case number and all! 

So on Monday, there will be an order for a replacement board placed if they don't have any in stock.   

Future updates to follow.  Thanks for all the help everyone.  Since this is newer technology on this compressor, I will keep you all updated on the progress.  As of now the 04 code is a daily occurrence. 

May be related to this issue:

The lights have been dimming on occasion when two appliances are operated at the same time, like the washing machine and the garbage disposal. and the Comcast Cable repairman has also needed to come look ar some of the reasons for poor performance of the cable and internet. His findings have indicated that some of the components having to do with the cable were showing signs of partial failure. although there was no actual "fried cable" He said top call the electric company and tell them the the cable guy (Not Larry) said he had to replace a fried cable and that will get them out to do some testing for electrical problems.

The electric company did diagnose a problem that was effecting Ed's home and several customers further down the main. There was a work crew that spend most of the night, in to the wee hours of the morning working on the underground electrical service lines. they were gone bu the morning when he went to work. That evenoing when he came home he did some testing of appliances by operating several appliances at the same time that were known to cause the dimming lights. The problem with the "Dirty Electric" was gone. no lights dimming anymore. Perhaps the electrical problem was playing havoc with the software chips and diodes in the circuit board of the Goodman Equipment. ????

You have to remove the spud and replace it with the spud that comes with the new valve. If your plumber doesn't know how to do that without breaking the radiator, find a better plumber.

This weeks video talks about the importance of flushing a hydronic system before replacing a boiler. By not doing so, you could actually void the warranty.