The clock in the GQ

gday cameron.
its acomon problem its as easy as pulling it out and getting the solders redone on the back of the clock—~‘¬‘¥•s’B

G'day Cameron,

Yep, this is a genuinel easy fix.

Open the clock's case up, and access the back of the cock's PCB.

The solder joints are dry and cracked, giving intermittent connections, therefore, sometimes on/sometimes off - or always off.

The particular component in question is a resistor (I think from memory itmight have been R6? Anyway, you won't miss it - it's the larget conponent on the board.

Anyway, as long as you are happy hand soledring electronic components, re-solder all of the components on the board with the exception of the surface mount IC, that's too fine without specialist equipment and doesnt suffer from the dry joint problem anyway.

Once solder connections have been done properly your clock will be as good as new (actually better :-) ).

If you aren't confident with the soldering and are in Melbourne I'd be happy to do it for you Gratis. You just pull out the clock from the dash (two screws once the center dash section is out (eight screws in total and about 15 minutes work), and bring it over. The repair will take around five minutes :-)

If you need any further info, email me at:

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Cheers,

Luke.

My easy fix years ago was to fit a cheap LCD one stuck on over the original with double sided tape...
but now I too will try a bit of soldering!

Hey Cameron, The clock in My (and everybody else's ) GQ i know has suffered the same fate. Luke is spot on, just dry solder joints on the back of the clock PCB. very straigt forward. I see you are in croydon, if you need a hand Im in North croydon, Im a Radio Technician by trade. I check this site and my own email every few hours. If you need a hand closer to home ( Not wanting to take anything away from Lukes kind offer!!) drop me a line at jcruiser73@telstra.com

Regards
Jarrod.