Another Dashboard Cluster Repair

[casey]

I'm delighted to have successfully repaired another FD dashboard cluster

On arrival, the speedo was non-functional. The repair involved significant diagnosis effort and required the replacement of:


- Failed gauge driver IC and needle drive "motor" (and air core gauge)
- numerous capacitors, which had leaked and the corrosive fluid required replacement of the following:

- two transistors
- one power regulator chip
- several diodes

as well as cleaning up the remaining corrosive fluid from the PCB.

Here is a video showing full test of a repaired cluster, prior to returning to customer.

Some photos of typical damage caused by the leakage of corrosive fluid from within electrolytic capacitors (4 large, brown/white cylinders partially shown in first photo) - there are about a dozen of these ticking timebombs on the speedo PCB!

 

[Tjp8]

I Need to have my rev counter looked at as sometimes it doesnt work and all the time reads higher rpms, how much does this kind of service go for roughly ?

 

[Rob82]

Well done mate, mine is still going strong

 

[casey]

I Need to have my rev counter looked at as sometimes it doesnt work and all the time reads higher rpms, how much does this kind of service go for roughly ?

Difficult to say, might be a simple fix at a cost of around £40-50, or might be more complex. If complex, I'm very happy to do the diagnosis at no charge and quote for a repair. No obligation to proceed, you just cover the shipping costs. I'm offering this service as a rotary enthusiast with electronics experience happy to help others keep their cars on the road. Im not doing it to make money, just cover my costs and a bit for my time.

 

[Tjp8]

Difficult to say, might be a simple fix at a cost of around £40-50, or might be more complex. If complex, I'm very happy to do the diagnosis at no charge and quote for a repair. No obligation to proceed, you just cover the shipping costs. I'm offering this service as a rotary enthusiast with electronics experience happy to help others keep their cars on the road. Im not doing it to make money, just cover my costs and a bit for my time.

Sounds good to me , i will remove the cluster when ive got time and then contact you for the repair if thats ok.

Thankyou

 

[casey]

That's absolutely fine. Message me for my address details when you are ready.