Legacy BP Clock

[Colourfyre]

Hi,

I have increasing problems with the clock/info unit in my BP9 legacy- Its the piece under the cubby between the centre vents. Sometimes it shows nothing at all (although the button for turning the dash lights to bright still works)- a bit of hard tapping and it will come back to life. Its happening more and more often so I took the unit apart just to check for a dry solder joint or dodgy capacitor etc- I couldn't see anything.

Is this a common problem/is there a good fix or is it just a case of a replacement unit?

Cheers

[Andy_Mac]

Very common. To be honest though from reading other threads it doesn't sound like something many people have all that much luck fixing. May be better off just getting a replacemnet one, assume yours has the fuel economy and all that in the clock aswell?

[ADIKT]

Yes it's a common problem. But it can be fixed. I got mine repaired by this guy: http://mitsispec.co.nz/legacytrip.htm

[Colourfyre]

Thanks for the replies, yea its the fuel economy etc too. Almost seems to me like its just the backlight- an obvious dry solder joint would be too easy!

Can that- a bit more googling reveals this:

See post 15

http://www.uklegacy.com/forums/index.php/topic/121140-03-trip-computerclock-problem/

I will take mine apart in the next day or two and check resistor R4

Cheers

Edited December 29, 2015 by Colourfyre

[boon]

God I went through like 4 of these things trying to sort the old man's BP Outback, I was getting faulty ones for free and reflowing half the damn board and they would only last a week.

In the end he bit the bullet and bought a new one from Subaru ($$$)

Presumably that mitsispec guy knows something I don't because the ones I played with looked primo after a bit of reflowing, even under a magnifying glass.

EDIT: Never re-did that R4 though

Double edit: Ugh, if you do get in there, don't just bend the legs of the display, de-solder them properly, you can see in that guys picture that he's cracked half the solder joints on it and it doesn't take a lot of wiggling to metal-fatigue those thin legs.

Edited January 6, 2016 by boon

[tweedo]

Had the exact same problem with mine and got onto the same site that is posted above..

Took it to a local auto sparky and told him all I wanted done was 511 resoldered which cost me a grand total of 20 buckaroonies to do.

That was about 9 months ago and it's been all good since.

It may not work but it may save you a fair whack of money cause I would hate to think how much a Subaru replacement would set you back!

Good luck.

[l2eeFer13]

I remember this with my old BP Legacy. I done the oven trick and put it in oven to re melt the solder. Worked sweet for a couple of months then i done it again but left it in their to long and well it melted the board a bit. Their is a sweet spot in their somewhere haha