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Old Sep 2, 2014 | 07:09 PM
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I just did mine today. It took a couple of hours to take the dashboard apart, solder the two pins that were bad and reassemble it. I have zero experience soldering. The odometer is now illuminated and I have no issues left to fix.

In the near future, I'll be checking out new tires. I'm thinking the General Grabber AT2 that was posted in another thread. I like the look and they've gotten good reviews.
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Old Sep 3, 2014 | 08:06 PM
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Good to hear that you were able to repair odometer. I will tackle this repair this weekend.
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Old Sep 14, 2014 | 03:24 PM
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It is done and the odometer works. The isolated pin was the problem. This is the same pin in the video. There appeared to be a circular crack around it. I used a 15 to 30 watt soldering iron (15 watt setting) that I purchased at radio shack and 62/36/2 rosin core solder to perform the repair. The solder diameter was 0.022".

I would again like to thank everyone for their help
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Old Sep 14, 2014 | 04:12 PM
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My truck has been doing this for a long time now. I plan on fixing it now that I know what's wrong with it. Hopefully sometime soon. So thanks for the info guys
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