Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:48:48 -0400
Reply-To: Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
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From: Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM>
Subject: Re: How to fix the digital clock?
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David,
This is great info but is so much work it sounds for a novice.
All my interior and dash lights do work as well as my stereo.
My glove box light is missing though. It was like that when I got it I think, either that or someone kicked it in.
Thanks,
Rob
On Mar 17, 2011, at 7:21 PM, David Beierl wrote:
>> The digital clock is fed from pin 5 of the panel connector*, skinny
>> red wire which comes from a double connection to pin 7 of radio
>> connector T8. Fat red wire proceeds from there to connector T2c
>> (which feeds the inside lights with skinny red wires) and thence to
>> fuse/relay panel pin B12 and fuse S3.
>
> *That's the flat connector that plugs onto the instrument panel
> itself. It's got 14 positions which are numbered along the end of
> the connector, but I'm pretty sure that's the only red wire in the
> bunch, and pin 4, next to it, is empty. Assuming your door lights
> and such work (the dimmable lights are fed by gray wires with blue
> stripes, by the way) we'll start at that connector. Pull it gently
> down off the panel. If you're good at feeling out shapes, you can
> reach up behind the rear blower switch and find a bundle of wires
> lining up into a flat connector with plastic wings/flanges extending
> down toward you on the long sides. Gently pull the connector out
> from between the wings and bring it down below the panel, keeping
> track of the orientation for when you put it back (which you must
> also do gently. Don't force anything, even a little. When it's
> lined up right it will slip on quite easily). If you can't feel your
> way from below you can probably see with a light and mirror. Taking
> out the instrument cluster is the hard way at this point.
>
> Now verify which is pin 5 with the red wire out the back, and use
> your voltmeter or test light to check for +12V from that pin to
> ground. Be very gentle with the contact, don't force your meter
> probe in between the two sides.
>
> If you do have +12 there, plug the plug back in and out gently a
> couple times and see if your clock is now working. If it is, you're
> finished. If it isn't, we'll talk about that next time.
>
> If you do *not* have +12 there, take out the ashtray and maybe the
> instrument panel cover and gently see if you can verify that the red
> wire joins a bigger red wire on one of the plugs at the rear of the
> radio, and that the radio works. And we'll take it from there.
>
> Yours,
> David
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