Digital clock problems?

[Guest]

If you the owner of an Impreza or a Forester and your digital clock is not working please give me a call on 021 231 7761 and I can fix it for you for only $20.

[GC8E2DD]

What about the trip computer display from an 05 Legacy? There was a guy on trademe fixing them (must be a common fault) but I can't find him now. Are you in Wellington?

[Guest keltik]

Theres an awesome rant thread on the USMB about the 'Subaru Clock-makers Department'. Apparently they suck at their jobs and clocks rarely last longer than 5 years

[Guest]

I'm in Auckland, I can probably fix your problem as well, just give me a call to discuss it further.

[Guest keltik]

Anyone else find it a bit odd that someone decides to sign up, gives no introduction and almost immediately posts stating they can can fix your clock.....but gives no details on how?

[DRFVDR]

yup was gonna report him

[Guest]

I'm here to help if you are not interested that's fine! Once I needed help and I was looking at all Subaru's forums around the world to find a solution!!!

That's not a nice welcome for new members, it's not like you have to....

[DRFVDR]

u could have

a/ introduced yourself

b/ show us how to do it ourselves

[Guest]

You need to be able to solder and have some electric knowledge, in some cases you will need to replace electric components but not always so it's really depends...

[Guest keltik]

Have a look around and see how we do things, generally its a better idea to post up a 'how to' thread than this kinda thing

In all honesty it was a pretty bad first thread.

[Treecrusher]

 keltik said:

Have a look around and see how we do things, generally its a better idea to post up a 'how to' thread than this kinda thing

In all honesty it was a pretty bad first thread.

+1 for "how to" thread.

I've done plenty of soldering before and would love to know how to fix this bloody problem.

I've long since relied on my stereo for the time.

[nztintin]

there is a thread on ozfoz.com.au on how to fix clocks. not sure if it's the same for legacys and imprezas?

http://ozfoz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=72&p=162&hilit=+clock+fix#p162

[Joker]

grr have to login - I hate those sites...

[Glen]

 JoKer said:

grr have to login - I hate those sites...

;D

[nztintin]

oh sorry...... i guess if your clocks really annoying you will put the extra effort in to make a log in for the site! :-*

[Jimbob]

my legacy has a clock problem, it doesnt have one hehehe

[Joker]

cos it was in the OEM stereo thats why.... (double din tape/cd unit)

[Treecrusher]

Don't know if I am aloud to do this, so if it is frowned upon let me know and I will remove the post.

Copied from: http://ozfoz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=72&p=162&hilit=+clock+fix#p162

 "stumped" said:

stolen from SF, DIY by SenorSubie

Removal of clock:

Examination..

The first thing I noticed was that there was not a direct crack in the

solder.. it was more that the solder got stressed over time so this created

an extremely weak connection, since my clock worked for about 2

seconds here and there

Heres the "to the eye" picture

You may notice that the solder on #510 is pretty pathetic..

Upclose:

Hopefully it didn't turn out too dark, but you can see that it looks like

cottage cheese (sortof) whereas its all pitted

The fix:

Well you have basicly two choices here

1-) Re-solder just using the solder there, basicly using a fine tip solder

"gun" (pencil tip etc) and heating it up, thus allowing the connection to be

uniform

Or (what I did)

2-) Use step one with addition use of solder material, safest way to insure

fix will last awhile

Pictures

Soldering is done.. here are the results..

This picture allows you to see the improvement to the connection

Just a little follow up

The clock works!

and when I was resoldering #510, I decided to do all the other similar

connections, seeing some other ones show'd signs of wear, better safe

than sorry..

[cpt kernow]

If anyone here has a forester clock that's dead I can fix it for a 6-pack of monteiths original!

Mine came broken-After a bit of web work I found some knowhow (subaruforester.org) whipped it out and 20mns later it was glowing green and controlling the day once again.

It's the little square resistors on the back that come off pcb. Just wick off the old solder and reapply.

--sorry I replied to page 1, didn't see the how to----

[suubyduuby]

 cpt kernow said:

It's the little square resistors on the back that come off pcb. Just wick off the old solder and reapply.

Looks like the PCB manufacturer didn't do a great job in making those PCBs. Nasty dry joints on those SMD resistors.

Hard to see in the photos, but can't see if the LCD has an external backlight or not. If it does, would be a cool mod to remove it and replace with something like a UV blue backlight!

Or, you could remove the electronics and put a wind-up analog clock in there. : ;D

[DRFVDR]

i have and run a 52mm analouge electric clock in my RX11