Overhead console, temp, compass
#63
Senior Member
don't know how I feel about that. I would just go pick up the cheap surface mount resistor. Just because it works doesn't mean you should.
#65
2003 F-150 King Ranch
Me and my brother tried this twice... The first time it worked for like 3 days... Then it took a dump again. So I bought some solder ( first stuff I later found out literally turned to dust ) anyways... We tried for a good 3 hours trying to disconnect the compass from the roof. ( 2nd attempt at this ) and it wouldn't budge... Idk what went wrong. I doubt it's in backwards. So we ended up re soldering it in the truck... Nothing. I think we fried the circuit board we couldn't even fix that I guess we have to search for a display for a 2003 Ford F-150 SuperCrew King Ranch with auto climate ( only shows direction on the overhead display ) along with getting the jammed connector unhooked.. Can my luck get any worse with trying to fix something?
Last edited by Ford Fan#1; 04-03-2015 at 01:20 AM.
#66
thanks for all the good info. Yesterday I changed my rear brakes. Today I replaced the resistor plate for the fan blower motor,and adjusted the needle indicator for my shifting
lever .Now I'm moving on to the compass -temp. digital display.
lever .Now I'm moving on to the compass -temp. digital display.
#67
Thanks 00Bigred, your pictures and description helped me fix my overhead Compass / Temp display in my 2000, f150. It took more time to go to the store and buy a soldering iron than to do the repair.
#68
Resurrected thread and compass!
Thanks to this thread I got the overhead console working. 3 broken resistor joints. Its a 2003 Xl model so if 1 thing does not work half my option package is out.
Last edited by Former Toyota Dude; 11-08-2019 at 05:50 PM. Reason: cuz I could
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#69
No Do Not just solder across in place of a resistor ever. Just remove both 510 resistors and replace with a 1/4 watt 25.5 ohm resistor those 2 original resistors are in parallel to lower resistance and they used 2 to reduce heat on them. But 1 regular 1/4 watt 25.5 ohm will work and just solder surface mount with the legs bent to solder across in place of 1 of the originals.
Last edited by Todd Smith; 05-29-2020 at 11:17 AM.