overhead console
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From: Westerville, Ohio
Here is a link to a thread with instructions to an easy fix.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/4...-gone-out.html
It took longer for my soldering iron to warm up than it did to remove the console and circuit board. I did in about 10 minutes. Just make sure you use a lower wattage iron and you might as well re-do all the chips at once. Also watch out for a falling chip as you remove the console. One might have completely fallen off of the circuit board. They are very small and hard to find otherwise.
Good luck!
Stew
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/4...-gone-out.html
It took longer for my soldering iron to warm up than it did to remove the console and circuit board. I did in about 10 minutes. Just make sure you use a lower wattage iron and you might as well re-do all the chips at once. Also watch out for a falling chip as you remove the console. One might have completely fallen off of the circuit board. They are very small and hard to find otherwise.
Good luck!
Stew
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Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 246
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From: Westerville, Ohio
The original poster of the instructions in the thread I linked you to has removed the pictures from the links. The chips look like a flat silver bar about 3/8" long x 3/16" wide and have a 2-digit number like 60 or 70 on them. There are several of them.
Stew
Stew
