Temperature display by sunglass holder

Mine doesnt work. Is this a fuse problem? Bulb? Its been out for about 4 months now. Just never had time to fix it.

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/18497-overhead-console-fix.html

 

Nicceeeeeeee.

Gee, you Tacoma guys are fast on here. hahaha

 

Your welcome =)

i had the same problom like 3 months ago

 

Fixed mine today
Thanks sooooooooooo much , tool
better than the 1200 the dealer quoted here in canada

 

dang 1200??? thats crazy

 

Yes we're fast and helpful...I had a customer come into my office the other day and I noticed he was driving a Tacoma. We started chatting and he told me his temp gauge stopped working. I grabbed a screwdriver out of my breakroom and went out to his truck and showed him how to fix it. He came back by later that day with a solder gun and I did it for him right in my office. He tried to give me $40 for helping him but I didn't take it. It felt good to help out a another Tacoma owner out.

 

Fixed mine recently too.

I was searching around ebay the other day and noticed someone auctioning off repair work for the temp gauge. He was charging $85

 

It takes about 20 minutes, a soldering gun and some .032 solder.

1. Take out the screw where the sunglasses are stored.
2. Pop the from end out, a little tricky - leverage your knuckles against the overhead. The back is hooked on so it swings down from the front.
3. Take off the 2 connections, use you r finger nail to push down the clip that holds them in.
4. Lay it out on a surface that won't scratch the finished surface and take out three tox screws on the back.
5. Take of the displat cover - four snap in points - 2 on each side. You can use your finger nails to put back and coax each side out.
6. Take a close look at the 510 resistors for cracking. Just solder them back and put it back in. Take a look at the 181 resistor also - mine were okay.

I followed the directions I got here, but can't find them again.

 

Good find, easy fix, THANKS..!!!!!!! found one resistor hanging loose resoldered both works great.

 

There was a guy on another Toyota forum trying to charge $200...said it would take a week to get get back after you send it to him. I asked what exactly he does for $200 concidering it takes about 5 minutes of soldering to fix the problem. He hasn't posted since...