Bugeye clock dead

[pidsy]

The dash clock in my bugeye has died. Went dim for a few days, now nothing.

I think i read somewhere that its a common problem. Is it an easy fix (can i do it myself)? Or should i just put something more interesting in there - dials or something.

Great to have a Subaru section!

[mick_coupe]

This explains it http://subarudiymodifications.blogspot.com/2009/10...

Mick

[pidsy]

Nice one! Cheers.

Did it this afternoon and it worked.

[mick_coupe]

Glad it worked

Mick

[I am The Gimp]

Hi guys, I cannot get the link to work for me.

What do you do? MIne hasn't worked for 2/3 years. lol



Steve

[pidsy]

basically,

pull clock out, remove the front of it so the resistors are revealed. its a fault on the soldering of one of the contact points (i worked out which one mine was because it was wobbly)used a fine point soldering iron and re-soldered the joint and that was it.

i cant open the page at work but i'll have a look later at home and copy/paste it all on here.

[pidsy]

A common fault on subaru impreza wrx dash board clock not working it stems from a resistor inside clock and here is my guide to show you how to do it yourself .

The way you have to look at it is that the thing is broken anyway and its worth a shot.

you will need

A soldering iron with fine tip

Multicore solder (fluxed)

Feeler gauges (you will see why)

Nerves of steel
Here goes,

First take out dash clock on dash put your fingers under hood and pull up from screen side









Its in tight a good tug will release it













Thats the back clips off now the front ones

put your fingers down left hand side and pull like your life depends on it. Its in tight so nerves of steel required, you wont break any clips (Trust me)






And pull


















Thats one side done now pull like crazy on the other side its in hard..... be brave!

Now with surround out disconnect the wiring harness plug from clock

Now removing clock itself is tricky, get some feeler gauges and slide them in side shown in picture
This is in really tight and twist it so you are forcing gently the clock unit backwards away from the surround not up or down









this is in really tight be brave and be carefull not to lever in the front part of clock housing as this is the screen


once you get this side out the other side will come out using a bit of tugging bend the clip back using fingers and out it pops

Now seperate the face from the back do this on a table not in the car as the buttons will fall out. just move the tabs gently up these are brittle so be careful





see tabs just lift them gently and pull face off










see resistor pictured left R510




Now once inside you can see resistor pictured with ball point pen this is the one, use a fine tipped soldering iron and a dab of solder on the end contacts. It will look like nothing is wrong with it but if you wiggle it you will see which side is loose but i re did both as a precautionary measure.

Now pop it all back together and try it out


It worked for me


however i cant be held responsible for your own actions and damage caused be carefull and if in doubt ask a grown up for help and dont burn yourself soldering irons are hot!

Best of luck feel free to add your comments

[pidsy]

Sorry, forgot about this thread. Copied the text from the blog but pics didnt come over.

You should be able to work it out though.

Dave.