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Uni-T Power Supply 30V 5 amp (cheaper on ebay, don’t pay over $100):
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The flux I use:
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My favorite soldering station (cheaper on ebay, don’t pay over $50) :
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Soldering mat:
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Microscope:
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Hot air station #1 (I use the industrial version 8900):
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Hot air station #2 (cheaper)
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Solder:
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Solder Wick:
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Multimeter:
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10,000 subscribers, 3,700 views, you've got to be kidding me. This channel is the best at this kind of work, tutorial for free, and solder technique. This deserves a lot more!
Why did the board need repair in the first place? The unit has very low mileage. Just curious why it was fooled with at all.
I would like to send you my gauge cluster 2003 Chevy Suburban
I have an 06 escalade ext with 190k. I really dont want to risk screwing up my cluster and would rather have you fix it. But I'm not sure if its the problem. My gauges all seem to start up correctly, where when you turn the key, they sweep from max to 0 like normal, but then when they start to actually read, the oil pressure goes to 80 even when the key is on and engine off. When driving the gauge would sometimes drop to 0 and the information center would say low oil pressure, but the motor kept running fine, even though it said 0 pressure for up to 5 minutes. It would randomly go from 80,to 0 pretty randomly. So I changed the sending unit, and it still goes to 80 and stays there, but it hasn't done done the random going to 0 thing since then (about 3 months now).do you think this is the gauge? Even considering its doing the initial sweep thing normally? The gauges are all original, even all the bulbs work fine (tho I would like LED's). What do you think?
Hey Jeff, I just wanted to thank you for your channel and the videos you put out. I used your technique of scraping off the solder mask and installing a jumper to repair damaged traces on a 40 volt battery with water infiltration. Somehow, a test point and surrounding trace dissolved, rendering the circuit open and the battery useless. With five minutes of work and a few cents worth of material, I was able to restore the battery to service.
What is a good part number for a blue replacement led? And also where can you buy replacement PRND display
Can you fix a Lexus is350 cluster?The needle led and off.
Tried clicking view email and it isnβt working. What is your email sir?
So you ever have to fix Japanese car gauges…i dont think they fail.
Nice repair video!
As for the boards, one can figure that the car manufactures use the cheapest boards on the market when their suppliers create these boards. Poor quality fiberglass and thin copper plating will always lead to some problem down the road. They figure they can get an easy sale for a new assembly. I have seen this same problem in the past with commercial two way radios in the shop. ROHS compliant boards are notorious for this issue. They use inferior solder from the start and if you don't use just the right temperature from the start to de solder this is the net result.
I know you fixed the repair but what was the original fault ?
outstanding job sir
Very informative. Great job. I really like the way you explain what you are doing. Thanks
Awesome job , it's great you can save people some money , that's always a good thing ! π
Mesmerizing, I can't believe you don't have more subscribers
wow nice work
This may be a dumb question, but have you ever done a cluster from a 90's GM truck ? The ones with the flexible "board" on the back and those twisty lamps.
the DIC is still missing pixels. You make fixing missing pads look trivial, I wondered what kind of wire you were using until I saw what looked like an led on the other end of the wire π
If you can't fix an item then don't try, (unless it's your own). Just have the balls to put your hands up and say I CAN'T DO IT! Now lets get it fixed buy someone who knows what they are doing. Crack on Jeff!