Dash went out
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Re: Dash went out (Sharky Guam)
Hey Jenn, not to get fresh...but...if I hit your G spot, will the lights automatically go out? Or will you just light up brighter? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Dash went out (Sharky Guam)
Sorry! I could not resist it! :smash: :smash: :nono: :nono:
I for got that this is a family channel! :lol:
I for got that this is a family channel! :lol:
And to answer your question, only my husband knows the answer :crazy:
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Re: Dash went out (thrills)
Thrills, you won't believe it. I replaced my dash with one out of a 84 and it woundn't lite up. As soon as I put the car in drive, it turned on. Later that day it was out again. I used your womanly advice and went for the G spot. It work! Thanks, I wish it was always that easy.
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Re: Dash went out (robertriley)
Thrills, you won't believe it. I replaced my dash with one out of a 84 and it woundn't lite up. As soon as I put the car in drive, it turned on. Later that day it was out again. I used your womanly advice and went for the G spot. It work! Thanks, I wish it was always that easy.
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Re: Dash went out (hz900)
mine has the same issue. Lights go out occasional and i just push in on the bezel and it lights back on. Never smack the top. This may also work on occasion but you WILL damage your digidash eventually. I wonder how long pushing in on the bezel will work for before i have to actually make a repair.
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Re: Dash went out (robertriley)
Most likely you have an unsoldered pin that carries the lamp current. There are two circuit boards in the cluster and there is a single row of pins on the front board that plug into a socket on the rear board. The pin closest to the center of the boards is the one that carries lamp current and the spring in the socket becomes age relaxed and increases its connection resistance which makes more heat from the lamp current and this continues until it gets hot enough to unsolder the pin on the front board. Resoldering is not a fix, it will just occur again. But, you can solder a small piece of insulated hookup wire between the pin and socket and you will never have this problem again.
You can go to the following site for info on removing your cluster circuit boards: http://www.batee@umr.edu
You can go to the following site for info on removing your cluster circuit boards: http://www.batee@umr.edu
