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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 07:09 AM
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Digital odometer magically appears

Once in a while, my digital odometer will be blank at startup, and then it will magically appear a short time later. Is there a short somewhere or something? Is this something that could be a sign that it's going to fail?
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 07:17 AM
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Not a short, most likely a bad solder joint. There are several posts on here concerning the fix process. Involves removing the instrument cluster(a long afternoon project). Do not let a dealership talk you into a new instrument cluster (that is the FORD fix)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 07:29 AM
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My 2000 has been doing that for a while. It will also blank out while driving sometimes and then come back. I'm not going to worry about it. It still tallies the miles.

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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 07:34 AM
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READ the FAQ at the top of this thread BEFORE making new posts....

This issue is in there.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 09:04 AM
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I don't talk my customers into a new cluster! I've been fixing them for years. Here we do not believe in shafting a customer. What for? Only gives you a bad name and in a small town dealership, not acceptable!
 
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 05:31 PM
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https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...25252Bblackout
 
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 12:10 AM
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Common issue on these trucks. Mine does it too.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2007 | 01:42 PM
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Hey ProjectSHO...is that attitude REALLY neccessary? I've been coming to this site for years, and you are the absolute first to make it seem like I was breaking a law or something by posting something that is in the stickies.....shoot me.

Steve, thank you for the link. Very informative. But not something I really want to tackle. After looking the dash over, it appears to be more troublesome than I care to dig into on a cold evening after work. But I do appreciate the direct link.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2007 | 08:30 PM
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take your time, plan on 4 hours. do it on a saturday. its not difficult as it looks. if you dont solder, get a TV repair guy or someone like that, take the circuit board to him.---- i actually did it in a little over 2 hours.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2007 | 10:09 PM
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Hey ProjectSHO...is that attitude REALLY neccessary? I've been coming to this site for years, and you are the absolute first to make it seem like I was breaking a law or something by posting something that is in the stickies.....shoot me.

Steve, thank you for the link. Very informative. But not something I really want to tackle. After looking the dash over, it appears to be more troublesome than I care to dig into on a cold evening after work. But I do appreciate the direct link.

It was a brief directive on where to find the answer to your question, not an attitude (unlike your response).

If you can't handle information presented without sugar-coating, grow up.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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Yeah Steve I suppose you are right I just may try and tackle it this weekend. I'm not fearful of the soldering aspect...but rather the not getting everything back together right.

ProjectSHO.......Grow up????? I'm 36 years old, 5'10 and 210#'s....I sure hope I don't grow up anymore. Go back and reread your post...if that's not attitude I don't know what is. Get over yourself man. These forums are for helping people not berating them.
 
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