Instrument Cluster repair....

[Larry C Leung]

Try Stabilant 22 or Caig DeOxit on ALL of the connectors on the front and
back of the circuit board. Helped my IC alot.

LL - NY '89 200Q

On Tue, 07 Aug 2001 16:58:35 -0400 Allen Swett <allens at mitronics.com>
writes:
>Listers,
>I apologize for the redundancy of this post.....
>I've been searching  archives for the repair of intermittent 
>connections in
>the  instrument cluster in 2 of mine and 4 other local friends 200q's 
>with
>the same symptoms.  We're not having any probs with the speedo, rather 
>when
>headlights are on- directional lights are both on, certain portions of 
>the
>illumination bulbs are out, and some random scrambling of the auto 
>check
>display occurs.... The problem responds well to the ole official whack 
>on
>the dashboard trick, but lately I'm wondering what other damage I'll 
>incur
>with that adjustment...
>
>   I have read Chris Millers repair procedure for the speedo problem, 
>I'm
>not sure that's gonad help me out.  So I'm assuming I'll be looking 
>for a
>bad wire/ground in the headlight switch/stalk, and perhaps cracked 
>solder
>connections on the actual board.  If anybody has been down this road 
>lately
>for these specific traits I'd sure appreciate any tips on what to look 
>for.
> Looks like there's gonna be an instrument cluster-a-thon coming soon
>around these parts..... 
>
>I'd appreciate any insight!
>Thanks!
>Allen Swett
>89 200q Avant "blinky"
>91 200q Avant "blinkier"