Possible 1st Gen clock fix...

May have to try this on my non operational clock...seems its a semi common problem...

Posted for others Id searched a while before I found it

 

I'll try it soon. my clock is dead. I have a couple console bulbs to replace so I'll have it out anyway.

If its just a conductivity problem I bet there would be even easier non-solder fixes that could be done.

 

Well, I tried it.. no go. My clock must have went to lcd heaven. But, I did get a light bulb replaced on the dash! I mended it!

 

I've got one from my old taco. Green one. Yours if you pay shopping

 

There's a clock on the dash?

 

Thanks for the offer. I'm not really sure it's worth it. The picky side of me says do it, it's very inexpensive, but the frugal side of me says "you're not restoring this truck, it's a beater..."

 

The hours won’t set on my clock. 00 and minutes work fine. Wonder if I can fix it the button? Anyone has the hours button not do anything?

 

Just wait till top of the hour and hit :00 button?

 

I resoldered the resistors like other have mentioned in the forums and it worked

 

You stud.
So that's the pic of the resistor that goes bad then? Or the solder joints start to open up or something? Can you just add more solder on top of what's existing there?

 

Is that a before or after pic? That joint on the right doesn't look so great, needed more flux.

 

The clock on my gen1 works perfectly but I can’t see it because it’s hidden behind the steering wheel. Just another quirk I love about my truck.

 

I found your other post with the pictures. That's what I was looking for, thanks for posting up pics dude

 

That is the before picture. The reason the clock would not work was because of that crack in solder.

 

I found this video
https://youtu.be/J-Z75rvHSSA

 

Cool. 320 is about the size for a current limiting resistor on an LED, so that crack would definitely be an issue. Guess they were having some QC issues at the factory.

 

I have been reading up on it and there's a chance they used lead free solder and likely to crack over time with vibration. I resoldered all 3 of those resistors just in case. It's an (almost) 20y/o truck!

 

Sweet man, that's something most of us can handle, thanks for the vid

 

Yeah, that could be it. Lead free has a history of being like that. Especially the older stuff.