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Overhead Compass/Temp Fix

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by misc, Nov 9, 2008.

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  1. Nov 17, 2009 at 5:25 PM
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    murph714

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    This was a Great Fix.
    It saved a lot of guys a lot of money.

    How did you find the cure?
     
    murph714, Nov 17, 2009
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  2. Nov 17, 2009 at 5:28 PM
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    misc

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    I didn't. I just took a bunch of poorly written directions and put them together so it was easily readable.
     
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  3. Nov 20, 2009 at 9:09 AM
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    Thanks for posting this mine quit a while back and i was about to buy a new one. My 510's looked fine but i put a little solder on them anyways plugged it up and bam temp. gauge was back on thanks again for the awesome post!!!!
     
    bjohnson23, Nov 20, 2009
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  4. Nov 20, 2009 at 5:54 PM
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    Just did it and it worked even with my lousy soldering skills. Thanks Squirrel for saving me $900 bucks!:D
     
    AZCats, Nov 20, 2009
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  5. Nov 20, 2009 at 9:46 PM
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    Just did it and the stock solders didn't look too bad before, but I just decided to re-solder them anyway... Guess what. Worked!
     
    rickabev, Nov 20, 2009
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  6. Nov 22, 2009 at 11:22 PM
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    Thanks a million, or should I say $900. I have been cheesed off about this since it failed
     
    jsw327, Nov 22, 2009
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  7. Nov 23, 2009 at 12:45 PM
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    I'm headed to the garage with my screw driver and soldering gun right this minute!!
    What a great resource this site is!!
    Thanks
     
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  8. Nov 23, 2009 at 1:40 PM
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    OK... I only have one "510" resistor. Is this right??

    Never mind, It Works!!

    Thanks again for the fix!!!!
     
    valleyrider, Nov 23, 2009
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  9. Nov 24, 2009 at 5:22 PM
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    did this today works like new=]
     
    tacoballs, Nov 24, 2009
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  10. Nov 25, 2009 at 11:19 PM
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    Great fix, outstanding!
    Found TW looking into this     problem when dealer here in Canada quoted $1200+.
    Glad to aboard.:D
     
    Trojan36, Nov 25, 2009
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  11. Nov 28, 2009 at 7:27 AM
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    1o minute fix, ...The pics are a little misleading about the actual size of the resistors...lol
     
    SportyTuRD, Nov 28, 2009
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  12. Nov 29, 2009 at 3:21 PM
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    Fixed my temperature and compass as per post and worked perfectly, thanks.
    06 Tacoma dbl.cab sport
     
    lyrashan, Nov 29, 2009
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  13. Nov 29, 2009 at 3:25 PM
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    Wow... 275 posts in this thread & I'd bet that 200+ of them are people popping in to tell us it worked.

    It annoys me that Toyota never acknowledged this as being a problem.

    Glad we could help, either way... :D
     
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  14. Nov 29, 2009 at 5:45 PM
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    Annoys the hell out of me too. Had mine first changed under warranty two years into the truck and now, again, a year and a half later it fails.
    A persistent problem Toyota is not addressing.
    Thanks again SecretSquirrel for the info on the fix.
     
    lyrashan, Nov 29, 2009
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  15. Dec 1, 2009 at 2:01 PM
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    Well, I too like so many others was just about to buy a new one today and decided to wait. Couldn't see paying that much for a temp guage just before Christmas. Decided to look online and found Squirrel's post and decided to try it. Wham bam THank you Man!!!! Works like a charm and I even created little soldering towers with my incredible soldering skills.:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
     
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  16. Dec 1, 2009 at 10:00 PM
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    Thank you very much for the tip.. my compass quit working so i did as you said with the soldering gun.. and yes is working perfectly now...thank you very much!!!!!
     
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  17. Dec 2, 2009 at 3:50 PM
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    thanks for posting this!! my compass/thermo went out this AM...now i know it will be an easy and CHEAP fix! you have saved me a lot of trouble! :cheers:
     
    07TacoGrrL, Dec 2, 2009
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  18. Dec 7, 2009 at 1:59 PM
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    Thanks for the detailed instruction. I almost lost my chip cause it was completely off. I just super glued it & it works great.
     
    cmbtacoma, Dec 7, 2009
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  19. Dec 11, 2009 at 10:45 PM
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    This is great! Only problem I had was once I repaired it I turned up my subs up and sure enough, vibrated it right off the mount. So I went back, soldered, and used a dab of superglue. lol hoping the glue isnt flammable now that I think of it.
     
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  20. Dec 13, 2009 at 10:16 AM
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