1985 Digital Dash HELP!!! Please
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1985 Digital Dash HELP!!! Please
OK Guys, I'm about to throw in the towel and install analog gauges. But I don't want to. I like the digital dash.....when it works.
I pull the dash, check everything over. It all looks good. Reinstall, fire it up and it works.....for two to three days. Flicker.....flicker.....flicker and back to dark. Lather, rinse, repeat. Same thing over and over and over. I swear I have had this thing out of the car at least 30 times, and I'm getting sick of it.
I have checked everything that I can. I have made EVERY repair listed on www.batee.com. Re-soldered a buttload of joints. Everything looks great. No popped capacitors. Replaced the little harness from the power supply board to the main. Hardwired the pins connecting the two boards together.
I have come to the conclusion that I have a ground problem somewhere....but where. Yes, I have checked the ground on the back of the head. Pulled it off and cleaned it up....
Anybody have an old one with junk LCDs I can play with?
I pull the dash, check everything over. It all looks good. Reinstall, fire it up and it works.....for two to three days. Flicker.....flicker.....flicker and back to dark. Lather, rinse, repeat. Same thing over and over and over. I swear I have had this thing out of the car at least 30 times, and I'm getting sick of it.
I have checked everything that I can. I have made EVERY repair listed on www.batee.com. Re-soldered a buttload of joints. Everything looks great. No popped capacitors. Replaced the little harness from the power supply board to the main. Hardwired the pins connecting the two boards together.
I have come to the conclusion that I have a ground problem somewhere....but where. Yes, I have checked the ground on the back of the head. Pulled it off and cleaned it up....
Anybody have an old one with junk LCDs I can play with?
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have one here from an 85 that doesn't do anything but lay there (reminds me of an old xx)...face is also like the old xx, slightly sunburned...make me an offer, you could get lucky (??????)
btw, i "think" it's from an 85, PO said so, and i believe everything i hear...(how to tell ?)
btw, i "think" it's from an 85, PO said so, and i believe everything i hear...(how to tell ?)
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HA HA!
I think I got it! But only time will tell.
I pulled the cluster out (yet again
), soldered one wire each to the ground wires on the connectors, ran them through the firewall out to the block.
I think I got it! But only time will tell.
I pulled the cluster out (yet again
), soldered one wire each to the ground wires on the connectors, ran them through the firewall out to the block.
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have one here from an 85 that doesn't do anything but lay there (reminds me of an old xx)...face is also like the old xx, slightly sunburned...make me an offer, you could get lucky (??????)
btw, i "think" it's from an 85, PO said so, and i believe everything i hear...(how to tell ?)
btw, i "think" it's from an 85, PO said so, and i believe everything i hear...(how to tell ?)
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Sounds like you sucessfully eliminated the need for the (probably faulty) G201 ground. This is the one hidden carefully someplace in the vicinity of the drivers footwell and which provides a ground path for the dash backlighting circuit, among other things (like the Cruise control..).
Good luck finding it. The FSM isn't any help - it's Listed but NOT shown in any diagram. Officially it's supposed to be "Behind the I/P, near the LH side of the steering column". Yeah, Right.
I found the one (apparently) in My car behind the plastic door opening trim piece at the front of the door opening, just below the door lamp switch. Making sure of That gound point cured both an unsteady (at times) dash illumination level And a cruise control that would sometimes decide not to work...
Good luck finding it. The FSM isn't any help - it's Listed but NOT shown in any diagram. Officially it's supposed to be "Behind the I/P, near the LH side of the steering column". Yeah, Right.
I found the one (apparently) in My car behind the plastic door opening trim piece at the front of the door opening, just below the door lamp switch. Making sure of That gound point cured both an unsteady (at times) dash illumination level And a cruise control that would sometimes decide not to work...
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its an 84 dash, me thinks
will ship USPS...their site shows shipping cost $48 USD to UK
offer ??...i really have too many projects in front of me already to open this up and start melting solder
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paper label on unit has #25x766xx... the "x" digits are not readible, but parts book shows 84 digidash assy as p/n 25076600...tach has inverted curve, 84 only AFAIK
will ship USPS...their site shows shipping cost $48 USD to UK
offer ??...i really have too many projects in front of me already to open this up and start melting solder
will ship USPS...their site shows shipping cost $48 USD to UK
offer ??...i really have too many projects in front of me already to open this up and start melting solder
Although I am in the UK, I work for the US Government and receive my mail through the Military Postal System. Items sent to my APO box need to go via USPS and are charged US Postal rates from origination to the ZIP 09468 APO in New York City. Even from the Northernmost areas of New York State, Priority postage to 09468 shouldn't be more than $20 including insurance for $300.
Are the LCDs good? If so, I'd offer $100 plus postage. If the LCDs are burnt as it seems from your description, I'd be willing to pay $30 plus postage as the electronics are unknown. I received one that I'd payed $85 for knowing the LCDs were burnt and it turned out this cluster had been submerged for quite some time and virtually nothing was salvageable, so I'm a bit more cautious now.
Thanks.
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Good luck with it.
