I used to repair clusters for a long time not anymore, and I learned the hard way when I was young that if you find one issue with the soldering joints, best is to reflow the entire board and all gauges boards (Where applicable), from a business point if you fix just the issue, you save time and money, and in case another issue comes up, you get another business opportunity, however from a personal level i wanted to provide the best experience to my customers as I always considered my service premium, so I wanted to make sure that the cluster was fixed for the end of the car's life, so I was also fixing all joints in all gauges and replacing all electrolytic capacitors, that made the difference :), that made me to get tons of recommendations that double the times of a potential come back from the same customer or car. In case you fix clusters too that will be my recommendation.
Never put electronics in plastic bags, they create static charges that then destroy electronic components. Buy yourself a few anti-static bags from fleaBay, in assorted sizes, they are eternal. Also, especially older diesels, you can ether lock them if you use starter fluid on them. Sorry to be a nag, but yeah.
Damn you got some nice rides! Damn your friend got some nice electronic equipment! And damn I got the same Golf same color! , it’s a 83 2 door GL petrol though but yeah. 😁
Thanks for this. I've just done my S14a 200sx this afternoon here in the UK and glad to say it worked! It was my second attempt as first time I was nervous of hitting the 22 pins bit I think this was where the issue was. Some steady soldering and hey presto! Thanks buddy!!
Did this and replaced the speed sensor with a known good one. Everything worked perfectly and suddenly the speedo is now flat out dead. Yeah I think im going to give up on fixing this. Haha
Mine shows 25mph when idling lol I will take mine apart and reflow it all I’ll also be upgrading to LED bulbs and cleaning it inside and out while it’s out of the dash!!!!
Hi all! I have the same problem with my 1990 s13. Do you guys know what material exactly does the mechanic use for resurfacing the joints? Thank you in advance!
you probably found out already : the big syringe is flux, and he sometimes adds basic solder to the joints he judges too small or too ugly, then he cleans the board with isopropyl alcohol.
Yea.. I got a new temp sensor and it isn’t calibrated like the oem. So my temp only goes up 1-2 tic marks. But it is at least showing on the gauge and so I know if it’s midway - I got a problem.
Stewart Motoring Mine’s totally dead. Sensor tested okay so I’m gonna check it’s soldering points as well when I check the Speedo. Video is a big help. Had this problem for years lol.
Your girl friend . I saw that "speed Racer show up on her face ".... Lets see she has been learning how to build from scratch. Now she is Driving , like NIKI LAUDA..... ruclips.net/video/3Kl0UBS4ZaM/видео.html She is joining the ranks of the "Car Girls of RUclips " Back in the day lots of people modded those rabbits . They are still fun cars.. .I remember the clutch cable plastic on the motor side shattering in pieces from old age....
I used to repair clusters for a long time not anymore, and I learned the hard way when I was young that if you find one issue with the soldering joints, best is to reflow the entire board and all gauges boards (Where applicable), from a business point if you fix just the issue, you save time and money, and in case another issue comes up, you get another business opportunity, however from a personal level i wanted to provide the best experience to my customers as I always considered my service premium, so I wanted to make sure that the cluster was fixed for the end of the car's life, so I was also fixing all joints in all gauges and replacing all electrolytic capacitors, that made the difference :), that made me to get tons of recommendations that double the times of a potential come back from the same customer or car. In case you fix clusters too that will be my recommendation.
I have exactly same problem. This help me alot. Hopefully I still got some soldering skill haha.
Thanks for a great Video, been struggeling a lot with my own S13 speedometer, gonna try this fix now, fingers crossed. Cheers from Norway :D
Never put electronics in plastic bags, they create static charges that then destroy electronic components. Buy yourself a few anti-static bags from fleaBay, in assorted sizes, they are eternal. Also, especially older diesels, you can ether lock them if you use starter fluid on them. Sorry to be a nag, but yeah.
Damn you got some nice rides!
Damn your friend got some nice electronic equipment!
And damn I got the same Golf same color! , it’s a 83 2 door GL petrol though but yeah. 😁
Where is your the crack ring located at? I most likely need to re solder my speedometer also.
Thanks for this. I've just done my S14a 200sx this afternoon here in the UK and glad to say it worked! It was my second attempt as first time I was nervous of hitting the 22 pins bit I think this was where the issue was. Some steady soldering and hey presto! Thanks buddy!!
Damn so many nice cars... money is not a problem on this channel. Good videos incomming :D
Lol I buy cars cheap and try and fix them up that’s all. Not rich by any means haha
Very common problem on the s13. Most people will buy another cluster and trash their failed one.
muchas gracias amigo..I will check that!
Wow thanks for the information really helpful
Did this and replaced the speed sensor with a known good one. Everything worked perfectly and suddenly the speedo is now flat out dead. Yeah I think im going to give up on fixing this. Haha
Bark!
Shit help me fix my cluster lights on my HUD cluster lol. The damn digital read out works
Mine shows 25mph when idling lol I will take mine apart and reflow it all I’ll also be upgrading to LED bulbs and cleaning it inside and out while it’s out of the dash!!!!
Can I use a s14 speed sensor in my s13?
I have a S14 manual trans in my S13
Hi all! I have the same problem with my 1990 s13. Do you guys know what material exactly does the mechanic use for resurfacing the joints? Thank you in advance!
you probably found out already : the big syringe is flux, and he sometimes adds basic solder to the joints he judges too small or too ugly, then he cleans the board with isopropyl alcohol.
I have the same problem. I noticed your temp gauge is also not moving. Same thing with mine.
Yea.. I got a new temp sensor and it isn’t calibrated like the oem. So my temp only goes up 1-2 tic marks. But it is at least showing on the gauge and so I know if it’s midway - I got a problem.
Stewart Motoring Mine’s totally dead. Sensor tested okay so I’m gonna check it’s soldering points as well when I check the Speedo. Video is a big help. Had this problem for years lol.
Good luck!
I hope mine got the same problem but my needle looks burnt
🙁
How much does your buddy charges?
He sold his business and his equipment since this video
Your girl friend . I saw that "speed Racer show up on her face "....
Lets see she has been learning how to build from scratch.
Now she is Driving , like NIKI LAUDA.....
ruclips.net/video/3Kl0UBS4ZaM/видео.html
She is joining the ranks of the "Car Girls of RUclips "
Back in the day lots of people modded those rabbits .
They are still fun cars.. .I remember the clutch cable plastic on the motor side shattering in pieces from old age....
Would you sell that?
xStr8UPDoPex no 😁
Fixing that speedo makes it not an S13 anymore lol
Ryan Montoya haha, don’t worry the cruise control still doesn’t work. But I think I know what the issue is (:
First :D