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Old 06-09-2007, 12:54 AM   #1
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printed circuit boards

I busted a wire running to the fuel gauge in my tach dash circuit board.Can it be repaired or does it need a new circuit board?All the other gauges work and i can tell where it is broke at if that helps.


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Old 06-09-2007, 02:47 AM   #2
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Re: printed circuit boards

Hey Dean!

I don't have any personal experience with it, but apparantly there is a cold solder type product out there that may be the ticket... Its kind of a metal impregnated epoxy that you smear on, and when it hardens, it is kind of like a solder joint in that it protects the wires from corrosion, and conducts electricity.

Dunno where you'd find it either, unfortunately...

Other option is to run a wire from your instrument cluster connector straight to the pole on the fuel gauge.
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Old 06-09-2007, 07:14 AM   #3
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Re: printed circuit boards

Get you a cheap soldering iron. Scratch the plasic laminate off of the traces and build a solder bridge across the broken trace. Get solder with flux in it to make it flow better. If you need to you can lay a small piece aof wire across it and solder that. Get som alcohol and cean the joint after you finish. Shouldn't be hard at all.
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Old 06-09-2007, 10:35 AM   #4
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Re: printed circuit boards

thanks guys I well try it later today.
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Old 06-10-2007, 10:12 AM   #5
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Re: printed circuit boards

AND if you can find a rerar window defroster repair kit it's kind what russel was talking about.
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