climate control hard to read
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From: Tillsonburg Ontario
climate control hard to read
At times my climate control screen is dim and hard to read. If I rap it with my finger I can usually get to go to the full brightness. Any ideas on what is causing this problem and how to correct it. The other lights on the dials and buttons don't change in brightness, just the digital display.
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Here you go. Also the search function is very good here. 
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...splay-fix.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...splay-fix.html
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If you have the flat surface mount resistors, you will need to use something to secure them in place while you solder. Otherwise, when you heat up one side, the heat will travel through the resistor and desolder the other side causing it to slide around on the pcb and be very frustrating. I used a small clamp with very, very little pressure.
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If you have the flat surface mount resistors, you will need to use something to secure them in place while you solder. Otherwise, when you heat up one side, the heat will travel through the resistor and desolder the other side causing it to slide around on the pcb and be very frustrating. I used a small clamp with very, very little pressure.
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I am a fairly experienced soldering person (although I don't think you need to be for this job). I was not using too much heat when I did mine, but the problem I ran into was that some of the resistors were so loose that simply touching them lightly with the iron (even with a small tip) caused them to dislodge. A little difficult to get them back in place and hold them while you tack one side before doing the other, but not so difficult that I would recommend even a non soldering person not give it a shot.
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I am a fairly experienced soldering person (although I don't think you need to be for this job). I was not using too much heat when I did mine, but the problem I ran into was that some of the resistors were so loose that simply touching them lightly with the iron (even with a small tip) caused them to dislodge. A little difficult to get them back in place and hold them while you tack one side before doing the other, but not so difficult that I would recommend even a non soldering person not give it a shot.
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