[V8] PRND321 Display problem

[Ingo Rautenberg]

You mean solder everything on the IC in sight? ;-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony and Lillie" <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
To: "Ingo Rautenberg" <i.rautenberg at waratap.com>
Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] PRND321 Display problem


> Ingo,
>
> Having recently done this, I can offer some advice :-)
>
> Tony Hoffman
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ingo Rautenberg" <irautenberg at comcast.net>
> To: <v8 at audifans.com>; <dsaad at icehouse.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 9:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [V8] PRND321 Display problem
>
>
>>I dunno.  Sounds like a contact problem to me as the circuits (which 
>>ones?) get warm/hot, the display goes haywire.  Eventually nothing is 
>>displayed :-( ...  Looks like I'll be doing some soldering of the IC at 
>>the very least and report back...
>>
>> Ingo
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <dsaad at icehouse.net>
>> To: <v8 at audifans.com>
>> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 9:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: [V8] PRND321 Display problem
>>
>>
>>> Sounds like a classic switch adjustment problem to me.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> Quoting Ingo Rautenberg <irautenberg at comcast.net>:
>>>
>>>> I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now to my patient, 1990 V8 Automatic:  As the car runs over an extended
>>>> period (over 10 minutes), the Shift display flickers and drops down a 
>>>> gear --
>>>> the actual tranny does not downshift to that gear, thank goodness. 
>>>> Only
>>>> thing I have noticed is that when this happens and it alternates 
>>>> between
>>>> Drive and 3, when in Drive and I floor the accelerator, she'll 
>>>> downshift --
>>>> not so in 3.  Have not pulled any codes yet.  Also, when the indicator 
>>>> drops
>>>> down a gear and I move the trans selector to neutral, Drive is 
>>>> indicated, and
>>>> when I drop down to 3, 2nd is indicated.  Sometimes the display often
>>>> flickers more and may drop down to 2nd, 1st, whole display off/on, with 
>>>> no
>>>> actual gear change taking place.
>>>>
>>>> Any BTDT?
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> Ingo with Christmas plate full of things to do :-)
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