Trip Computer Dead
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Trip Computer Dead
99 Powerstroke F-250 Lariat SuperCab has a blank screen on the overhead trip computer.
Checked all the fuses under the steering column and under the hood (drivers side) All good.
Any ideas? Search didn't net any clues...
Checked all the fuses under the steering column and under the hood (drivers side) All good.
Any ideas? Search didn't net any clues...
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Pop off the console, remove 3 screws holding the display, unplug the wires, do all of this carefully as you might drop a loose resistor. Take out the electrical board and look for flat resistors that have numbers on them. Check the solder and chances are you will find your problem.
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Originally Posted by The Grand Pooh-Bah
99 Powerstroke F-250 Lariat SuperCab has a blank screen on the overhead trip computer.
Checked all the fuses under the steering column and under the hood (drivers side) All good.
Any ideas? Search didn't net any clues...
Checked all the fuses under the steering column and under the hood (drivers side) All good.
Any ideas? Search didn't net any clues...
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/4...ghlight=console
It tells you how to enter to the console etc, he has all the pics too.
I fixed mine and the problem was: bad solder in 3 of those SMT resistors. Heat up the solder iron (pretty small one!) and in five minutes it is up and running again.
Be carefull when you remove the console, the loose resistors may drop out, you don't want to loose them if you're not a electronic geek
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Found that someone had already been into mine and one of the resistors chips is missing. Another one was about to fall out. Any Idea where I can get a new resistor.
Looks to be a # 680 missing based on the photos from the write up above.
If I can't get the resistor any source on a new or good used circuit board???
Looks to be a # 680 missing based on the photos from the write up above.
If I can't get the resistor any source on a new or good used circuit board???
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Originally Posted by The Grand Pooh-Bah
Found that someone had already been into mine and one of the resistors chips is missing. Another one was about to fall out. Any Idea where I can get a new resistor.
Looks to be a # 680 missing based on the photos from the write up above.
If I can't get the resistor any source on a new or good used circuit board???
Looks to be a # 680 missing based on the photos from the write up above.
If I can't get the resistor any source on a new or good used circuit board???
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I checked throughly for it. Someone else has been into it and must have lost it.
68 Ohm not 680 Ohm???? All Radio Shack had was 1/4 watt...I got 680's though... How many watts should it be?
Whopping 99 cents
for a small package of 680 ohm resistors.
68 Ohm not 680 Ohm???? All Radio Shack had was 1/4 watt...I got 680's though... How many watts should it be?
Whopping 99 cents
for a small package of 680 ohm resistors.
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I believe these resistors are 68 ohm resistors not 680. 680 is just the type print. To make you feel more comfortable take an ohm meter to the loose one and you should see the true value. The instructions give above work well. Mine was dim on the edges and you could tap on the screen and it come back to life. My problem was one of the 680s to the right of the three mentioned in the document listed above. It was the one closest to the connector. When I pulled mined down the solder fell out and the resistor was hanging from one side. I touched up the rest of the resistors while I was in there.
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Originally Posted by The Grand Pooh-Bah
All Radio Shack had was 1/4 watt.
