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This works and takes very little time. Did it on my lunch break today lol. Great write up. Check very close i could barley see hairline cracks in the sotter joints
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.
Simple understanding of physics. If you know triple 5 timers and microprocessors the joint at hand is a mere threshold of the voltage. Sure a resistor is the best method, but with the circuitry soldering will work on that one joint.
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.
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.
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.
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
If anyone is missing a resistor simply solder whwere the ends meet with a piece of wire or more solder. It will work without the resistor
DO NOT DO THIS WILL BURN OUT DISPLAY OVER TIME.
Originally Posted by ibd2328
Simple understanding of physics. If you know triple 5 timers and microprocessors the joint at hand is a mere threshold of the voltage. Sure a resistor is the best method, but with the circuitry soldering will work on that one joint.
Originally Posted by Miz-zou
So where it is missing just run solder from one side to the other where the resistor was?
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.
04-02-2015, 08:17 PM
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?
