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    Is it an easy job or shall i leave it ,temp pod dial is intermittent thanks in advance

  • #2
    Originally posted by robbo137 View Post
    Is it an easy job or shall i leave it ,temp pod dial is intermittent thanks in advance
    The instruments are lit by smds, not bulbs. Unusual for an OEM one to go.

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    • #3
      Mine is like that atm but the top left of the fuel gauge, some nights it lights up and some nights not. Is this the smd on way out or circuitry issue

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      • #4
        It's usually caused by dry solder joints.
        Throughout the years, solder dries and cracks causing failure then it dies.
        I had this with a few times with the Vectra C's.
        It had to be removed and reflowed.

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        • #5
          Good time to get Karl to work his magic

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          • #6
            Originally posted by RBH View Post
            It's usually caused by dry solder joints.
            Throughout the years, solder dries and cracks causing failure then it dies.
            I had this with a few times with the Vectra C's.
            It had to be removed and reflowed.
            Cheers Rob. I thought that might be the case but wasn't sure hence said circuitry issue.
            I never had this issue on the vec c, but i did have the speedo cut out and it no longer moves, someone mention change the fuse should sort it, which i changed and it did sort it.

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            • #7
              It’s nothing to do with dry joints generally. It’s the actual leds that are cheap crap. The solder has been done to perfection as you’ll see if you open them up. Simple enough job to desolder the old and resolder the new but you’ll need to do the whole lot in the dials pod to get them matching properly.

              Takes an hour if you know what your doing.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Unilateral View Post
                It’s nothing to do with dry joints generally. It’s the actual leds that are cheap crap. The solder has been done to perfection as you’ll see if you open them up. Simple enough job to desolder the old and resolder the new but you’ll need to do the whole lot in the dials pod to get them matching properly.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Unilateral View Post
                  Takes an hour if you know what your doing.
                  So how long would it take you Karl

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                  • #10
                    Like he said ....an hour as he knows what he is doing ....

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                    • #11
                      think i'll live with it thanks anyway guys

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by robbo137 View Post
                        think i'll live with it thanks anyway guys
                        Likewise

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                        • #13
                          just grave digging threads, so i have a similar issue to this however i can actually watch several of my dials flicker on and off i.e one half of the temp pod, 120-160 on the speed pod and 3k on rev upwards all those LED's randomly some times work. Just unsure if it is crappy soldering as they still work just only intermittently

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Paddy95 View Post
                            just grave digging threads, so i have a similar issue to this however i can actually watch several of my dials flicker on and off i.e one half of the temp pod, 120-160 on the speed pod and 3k on rev upwards all those LED's randomly some times work. Just unsure if it is crappy soldering as they still work just only intermittently
                            Solder drys and eventually cracks.
                            This causes intermittent connection.

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                            • #15
                              how is this fixed, strip old solder off and resolder?

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