read out on heater
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read out on heater
the read out on my heater fades out . if I tap on it, it gets bright but then goes back to hard to see . is there an easy fix to this or do I have to change the whole face plate . thanks
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I think you are referring to the HVAC controller display. There is a do-it-yourself fix here:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/...splay-fix.html
There are also places on ebay that fix this for around 50.00. Tstar, a forum member here repairs them also I think. Hope this helps.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/...splay-fix.html
There are also places on ebay that fix this for around 50.00. Tstar, a forum member here repairs them also I think. Hope this helps.
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Normally an easy fix with a bit of time and some solder. Look at the link above and see if you can do the work. If not, just get it repaired by someone else - it's relatively inexpensive.
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If you used a soldering iron, you really don't need any additional solder; it's just that the old solder has cracked so that contact is no longer made. Just melting the old solder closes the contact again.
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Yes I just reflowed the solder that was already there. I have seen the solder get like this on a lot of different GM electronic controls. I call them cold solder joints although vibration has a lot to do with this. A lot of the older ecms did this and all you had to do is reflow the solder and you were good to go. The resistors involved in the lighting for the hvac display are really small so you have to be very careful with the reheating process. Good luck
Anyhow, I re-flowed all my resistors and added new fresh solder to each joint just because... and it worked. Crazy. I now wish I had tested some things prior to doing the mod, just for my own sanity.
Carry on!