Oh no my clock doesn't work

SenorSubie · 03-22-2006, 09:50 AM

Here we go!

Just thought i'd take on the task of fixing my overhead console clock
yesterday.. after living without it for about six months I thought I might
like to reunite with the clock..

Alright-

Removal of clock:

Lets get this clocked fixed...

Examination..

The first thing I noticed was that there was not a direct crack in the
solder.. it was more that the solder got stressed over time so this created
an extremely weak connection, since my clock worked for about 2
seconds here and there

Heres the "to the eye" picture

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You may notice that the solder on #510 is pretty pathetic..

Upclose:

Hopefully it didn't turn out too dark, but you can see that it looks like
cottage cheese (sortof) whereas its all pitted

The fix:

Well you have basicly two choices here

1-) Re-solder just using the solder there, basicly using a fine tip solder
"gun" (pencil tip etc) and heating it up, thus allowing the connection to be
uniform

Or (what I did)

2-) Use step one with addition use of solder material, safest way to insure
fix will last awhile

Pictures

Soldering is done.. here are the results..

This picture allows you to see the improvement to the connection

Just a little follow up

The clock works!

and when I was resoldering #510, I decided to do all the other similar
connections, seeing some other ones show'd signs of wear, better safe
than sorry..

There ya have it!

I'll try to get the removal pics today (though, the process is fairly straight
forward)

sirwilliam · 03-22-2006, 09:53 AM

Good job! Glad it is operational again...nice pics BTW.;-)

03-22-2006, 03:28 PM

Great post, Senor Subie. Good idea about resoldering the other connections as well - wish I'd thought of that!

SuperRu · 03-22-2006, 03:32 PM

Great post, this one belongs on http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/

SenorSubie · 04-23-2006, 06:49 PM

Well, I had to of fixed it right, its been about a month and the clock still works :Banane01:

Peaty · 04-23-2006, 07:18 PM

Yes submit it to the contributions section and I'll merge it with this one:

http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/sho...ighlight=clock

05-15-2006, 12:40 PM

You are the man SenorSubie!
mine never work too!
Thanks again!:clap1:

SenorSubie · 05-15-2006, 12:46 PM

Glad you got it working again :)

08-03-2006, 08:14 PM

So is this a fix for the infamous broken Forester clocks? I've got a 98 with a dead clock. When I looked around the forum when I bought the car it seemed this was just a common issue that I had to get used to.

I'll pop mine off next week and see if that will fix it. I'd love to have that clock working since the one on the radio goes out from time to time. It looks to be a lose connection since I can press on the corner of the LCD and the missing bars come back.

pleiad7 · 08-03-2006, 09:09 PM

yep, 99.99% of the time this will fix the dead clock problem.

Legacy · 08-07-2006, 08:10 AM

Just fixed the clock on the wife's '00. Not only was the #510 broken but the #300 was pushed slightly sideways so the entire contact was clean off. Not sure how on earth that happened or if even the clock ever worked..... she's the 2nd owner.

Total time to fix: 15 mins

2 mins to uninstall
5 mins to find solder tools
2 mins to heatup
1 mins to solder
1 mins to test freehand in the harness
1 mins to reinstall
2 mins to put tools away
1 mins to brag to wife

So how many years were affected by this pathetic clock ?

jptrsn · 08-09-2006, 05:31 PM

I just fixed the clock in our MY01 Forester S. We've been without it for a few weeks; it wouldn't be so bad, but the wife doesn't wear a watch, our radio doesn't have a clock, and my watch has no night light on it... It was like being in a time-warp. I'm slightly embarassed to admit that it took me so long to get around to fixing it (we went several months tapping on the clock when it was dark to get it working again)...

Fast, easy fix. It required 2 tools (a screwdriver and soldering iron). I even used my father-in-law's stained glass soldering iron, because I was too lazy to find my own soldering pen in our basement...

huck_this · 09-04-2006, 02:11 PM

Cool, mine doesn't work anymore too!!! i pulled it out to look at it, but will pull it out again and examine closely. Thanks for the info, will keep you guys updated on my work as well!!!!

huck_this · 09-04-2006, 04:15 PM

Yup, 510 solder is cracked, gonna fix it. Dealer wanted 80$ CDN for new clock

huck_this · 09-05-2006, 04:12 PM

fixed!!!!

03-22-2006, 09:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
SenorSubie #8 Post ho Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,374 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Oh no my clock doesn't work Here we go! Just thought i'd take on the task of fixing my overhead console clock yesterday.. after living without it for about six months I thought I might like to reunite with the clock.. Alright- Removal of clock: Lets get this clocked fixed... Examination.. The first thing I noticed was that there was not a direct crack in the solder.. it was more that the solder got stressed over time so this created an extremely weak connection, since my clock worked for about 2 seconds here and there Heres the "to the eye" picture [ You may notice that the solder on #510 is pretty pathetic.. Upclose: Hopefully it didn't turn out too dark, but you can see that it looks like cottage cheese (sortof) whereas its all pitted The fix: Well you have basicly two choices here 1-) Re-solder just using the solder there, basicly using a fine tip solder "gun" (pencil tip etc) and heating it up, thus allowing the connection to be uniform Or (what I did) 2-) Use step one with addition use of solder material, safest way to insure fix will last awhile Pictures Soldering is done.. here are the results.. This picture allows you to see the improvement to the connection Just a little follow up The clock works! and when I was resoldering #510, I decided to do all the other similar connections, seeing some other ones show'd signs of wear, better safe than sorry.. There ya have it! I'll try to get the removal pics today (though, the process is fairly straight forward) __________________ 99 AT- Tint, Wheels, Exhaust, Stereo Last edited by SenorSubie : 11-08-2007 at 10:05 PM.

03-22-2006, 09:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
sirwilliam BLUE WASABI (#2 Info Provider) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Wild Serengeti Suburbs of NoVa Posts: 7,698 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 13 / 100%	Good job! Glad it is operational again...nice pics BTW.;-) __________________ BLUE WASABI

03-22-2006, 03:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
SuperRu Admin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Little Five Points (Atlanta, GA) Posts: 2,865 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Great post, this one belongs on http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/ __________________ Richard 04 XT.... 98S

04-23-2006, 06:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
SenorSubie #8 Post ho Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,374 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Well, I had to of fixed it right, its been about a month and the clock still works :Banane01: __________________ 99 AT- Tint, Wheels, Exhaust, Stereo

04-23-2006, 07:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
Peaty The Modfather Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lawrence, Kansas 04 MT F-XT Cobb Stage 2 & 06 B9 Tribeca Posts: 5,396 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 3 / 100%	Yes submit it to the contributions section and I'll merge it with this one: http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/sho...ighlight=clock __________________ Peaty 04 -XT 06 B9 Tribeca & 99 Miata ScoobyMods peatpics

03-22-2006, 03:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
Black98 Posts: n/a Gallery: iTrader: / %	Great post, Senor Subie. Good idea about resoldering the other connections as well - wish I'd thought of that!

05-15-2006, 12:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
SenorSubie #8 Post ho Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,374 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Glad you got it working again :) __________________ 99 AT- Tint, Wheels, Exhaust, Stereo

08-03-2006, 08:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
technokoz Posts: n/a Gallery: iTrader: / %	So is this a fix for the infamous broken Forester clocks? I've got a 98 with a dead clock. When I looked around the forum when I bought the car it seemed this was just a common issue that I had to get used to. I'll pop mine off next week and see if that will fix it. I'd love to have that clock working since the one on the radio goes out from time to time. It looks to be a lose connection since I can press on the corner of the LCD and the missing bars come back.

08-03-2006, 09:09 PM	#10 (permalink)
pleiad7 The Seventh Sister Administrator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Redneck yard of the week, near Forest(er)ville, CA Posts: 11,779 Gallery: 8 iTrader: 14 / 100%	yep, 99.99% of the time this will fix the dead clock problem. __________________ -Silke 04 FXT PP PSM ~ "Subed" 98 Forester S ~ "Slynki" 92 SVX LS-L ~ x2

08-07-2006, 08:10 AM	#11 (permalink)
Legacy Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ottawa Posts: 2,869 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 4 / 100%	Just fixed the clock on the wife's '00. Not only was the #510 broken but the #300 was pushed slightly sideways so the entire contact was clean off. Not sure how on earth that happened or if even the clock ever worked..... she's the 2nd owner. Total time to fix: 15 mins 2 mins to uninstall 5 mins to find solder tools 2 mins to heatup 1 mins to solder 1 mins to test freehand in the harness 1 mins to reinstall 2 mins to put tools away 1 mins to brag to wife So how many years were affected by this pathetic clock ?

08-09-2006, 05:31 PM	#12 (permalink)
jptrsn Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 155 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I just fixed the clock in our MY01 Forester S. We've been without it for a few weeks; it wouldn't be so bad, but the wife doesn't wear a watch, our radio doesn't have a clock, and my watch has no night light on it... It was like being in a time-warp. I'm slightly embarassed to admit that it took me so long to get around to fixing it (we went several months tapping on the clock when it was dark to get it working again)... Fast, easy fix. It required 2 tools (a screwdriver and soldering iron). I even used my father-in-law's stained glass soldering iron, because I was too lazy to find my own soldering pen in our basement... __________________ 2001 Subaru Forester S 2.5L 4 cyl. N/A, Auto, Quebec, Canada I'm no off-road expert, but I've spent a LOT of time getting myself unstuck...

09-04-2006, 02:11 PM	#13 (permalink)
huck_this Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vaudreuil-Dorion QC Posts: 733 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Cool, mine doesn't work anymore too!!! i pulled it out to look at it, but will pull it out again and examine closely. Thanks for the info, will keep you guys updated on my work as well!!!! __________________ 2001 L 5 spd,Tint, custom exhaust, PM CAI...

09-04-2006, 04:15 PM	#14 (permalink)
huck_this Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vaudreuil-Dorion QC Posts: 733 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Yup, 510 solder is cracked, gonna fix it. Dealer wanted 80$ CDN for new clock __________________ 2001 L 5 spd,Tint, custom exhaust, PM CAI...

09-05-2006, 04:12 PM	#15 (permalink)
huck_this Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vaudreuil-Dorion QC Posts: 733 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 0 / 0%	fixed!!!! __________________ 2001 L 5 spd,Tint, custom exhaust, PM CAI...

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