The mode display on my 2000 F250 has just faded out. Is this a bulb issue or a dealer item to get it back up and running. If it's a bulb in there, how is the console removed.

 

Ahh... You may have a water intrusion problem that has finally stained the LCD so much that you can't see it anymore. Do you have clearance lights? If so, they may be leaking.

 

Mine did the same thing. It was caused by one of the resistor chips coming loose on the circut board. Do a search on overhead console and you'll see it's fairly common thing. The fix for it is to replace the unit or to pull the circut board and re-solder it.

I decided to try to solder (figured I didn't have much to loose if it didn't work) Low and behold it worked. I re-seated the chips and and flowed some additonal solder on the back of the board and my display is back. It's been over a month and still working. Make sure if you do the solder thing that you use a solder pen as they are less likey to get hot enough to damage the circut.

 

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The problem is that the resistors are too small to dissipate the heat they need to and get very hot while operating. This is normal for this particular circuit, but kinda' poor design, just the same.

All the thermal cycling tends to eventually loosen the solder joints and they first go kinda' semi-conductive (display gets dim) and then they go open (display goes out).

There's a nice write-up here:
2000 Ford F-350 Diesel Powerstroke! Trip Computer Fix

Just don't use a soldering "gun", but a small-wattage fine-tip "pencil" instead, and you should be good-to-go. If you feel uncomfortable soldering very small stuff like this, find the local ham radio operator, who likely has done this kind of thing all his or her life.

Print out that website and take it along to the ham if that's how you go.

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