[s-cars] Console Dieing?

[Cody Payne]

Thanks for the tips Kevin.  I should clarify when I said "Engine
Malfunction LED" I was referring to the status indicator gauge above the
trip meter. i.e. displays - Worn Brake Pads, Alternator Voltage Low,
etc. All was working last weekend.

Not the Check Engine Light.

Thx

cp



-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Day [mailto:kday at ultrameta.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:23 AM
To: Cody Payne
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Console Dieing?


I had a problem with my autocheck (garbled display), and re-melting and
adding a little new solder to all of the solder joints on the PCB 
connectors fixed it.  Maybe that will work for your problem also.  
However, while doing this I created a short and ended up
blowing out my dimmer rheostat (could have been much worse!)  
I would advise you check over all
re-soldered connections with a loupe or something similar before putting
it back in the car, if you go this route.

BTW, the check engine light is an incandescent, not a LED, so it's
possible that the bulb is burned out.  But if it was intermittent for a
while that's obviously not the only problem.

And one final BTDT: the bulbs in the upper right light cluster (check
engine, etc) are held in with individual twist sockets attached to wires
running back into the dash.  When you go to remove the cluster, these
may 
get yanked.  Release them before the other connectors.  I busted
the brittle plastic tabs off of one of the light sockets the first time 
I took the cluster out.  That reminds me, I gotta get one of them from
the dealer.  

HTH
-Kevin

On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 09:22:57AM -0600, Cody Payne wrote:
> Gents,
> 	Well my console appears to be slowing dieing.  Originally it was
> just the Engine Malfunction LED lights that would work about 50% of
> start-up.  Now I have lost that totally, along with the Trip Meter and
> clock adjustment knob.  I was going to pull the console this weekend
to
> check the connections..but wanted to see if there were any BTDT?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Cody
> 
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