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Old Nov 4, 2013 | 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill Curlee
Purchase or borrow a strong magnifying glass and examine EACH one of the soldered pins for the display. The solder joint should be smooth and continuous and shouldn't have any cracks.

Some of the solder joints on the EBTCM board are horrible. I cant believe that they passed inspection.







One of the solder joints on your board or something where the vacuum florescent tube connects is poor.

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I never even thought about looking through a magnifying glass
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Old Nov 4, 2013 | 07:28 AM
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This could also be the time to maybe see if a local electronics repair store might be able to see a problem. I remember when I looked at my dim HVAC solder joints they did not look bad. Resoldered them and now it works fine.
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This could also be the time to maybe see if a local electronics repair store might be able to see a problem. I remember when I looked at my dim HVAC solder joints they did not look bad. Resoldered them and now it works fine.
Yeah that is a pretty good idea
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Old Nov 4, 2013 | 12:31 PM
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I AGREE!

Just make sure that you properly communicate to the repair tech that you have an INTERMITTANT issue with the vacuum display. That will allow him to concentrate on looking in the correct areas.

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Old Nov 4, 2013 | 12:44 PM
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As it appears BC has things well in hand I'll just say this.....

I think I would have worded the title of this thread a little differently.
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Old Nov 4, 2013 | 12:52 PM
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Like I stated earlier "

YOUR DIC IS DEAD.... Thats what she said!



I once told a FEMALE FORUM member (Not knowing I was speaking to a FEMALE),,, that you need to read your DIC and get the codes.

It turned out funny BUT,, it could have gone in a completely different direction!

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Originally Posted by Bill Curlee
Like I stated earlier "

YOUR DIC IS DEAD.... Thats what she said!



I once told a FEMALE FORUM member (Not knowing I was speaking to a FEMALE),,, that you need to read your DIC and get the codes.

It turned out funny BUT,, it could have gone in a completely different direction!

BC
Hahahaha
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Old Dec 9, 2013 | 04:49 PM
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Default So, did you get the IPC problem resolved ?

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Hahahaha
Sent you a PM. MIne was replaced with a factory new one at 13K miles. Did not solve the problem. Goes in and out. Not my DIC, but the whole IPC.
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