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Compass temperature display not displaying

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by tridge400, May 29, 2011.

  1. May 29, 2011 at 7:11 AM
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    tridge400

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    Overhead compass and temperature inoperable
     
  2. May 29, 2011 at 7:12 AM
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    Bz3r0

    Bz3r0 Smackalicious!

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  3. May 30, 2011 at 7:34 PM
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    LoudDog

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    Mine just crapped out this weekend... This site is great!
     
  4. May 30, 2011 at 7:38 PM
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    jep527

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    my was broke when i got the truck did the soldering and it works great
     
  5. May 30, 2011 at 7:52 PM
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    mcleod90

    mcleod90 150,000 miles and counting

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    Where can I find somebody to do soldering? Or has everyone done it themselves?
     
  6. May 30, 2011 at 8:18 PM
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    Maticuno

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    I suck at soldering. Fixed it temporarily on my old truck. The new one I took some preventive measures and touched a little bit of this:
    http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/giftsunder10/b70c/
    onto both of the contact points on both of the resistors. So even if the factory solder fails, that glue will take over.
     
  7. May 30, 2011 at 9:04 PM
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    Tillers_Rule

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    I did that fix a couple years ago when mine crapped out and forgot I even did it until this thread.
     
  8. May 30, 2011 at 9:41 PM
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    MountainEarth

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    There are guys in Ebay who offer to fix your display for around $30. Just search on Ebay for Tacoma temperature display.
     
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  9. Jul 11, 2011 at 11:18 AM
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    Sam Amburgey

    Sam Amburgey New Member

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    My 2006 lost display earlier this week. It was intermittent so I figured there was a connection problem someplace. This forum helped me tremendously and probably saved big $$. Solder the 510's. It doesn't have to be pretty and it works.
     

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