Author |
Message |
Don Bagnall
Moderator New Zealand I have LESS Soarers than Hayden :-(
Posts: 3962 Reg: 05-2005
| Or live in Canberra at the Electronics Epicentre. |
Mark Paddick
Goo Roo ACT UZZ31 V8 Soarer , JZZ30 TT Soarer
Posts: 2658 Reg: 07-2005
| All this stuff may sound like doom and gloom but it's not that bad and cars that are in good nick generally don't have a lot of problems. Also remember that I tend to see all the worst cases. |
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo North Island JZZ31
Posts: 1185 Reg: 10-2005
| Could be worse, could be Nissan electronics. |
Mark Paddick
Goo Roo ACT UZZ31 V8 Soarer , JZZ30 TT Soarer
Posts: 2668 Reg: 07-2005
| ....and I could charge like some others do |
Ken Cornell
TryHard Western Australia 4.0GT V8 Soarer
Posts: 433 Reg: 01-2006
| Hey Mark, I'm getting the odometer/ warning message row disappearing occasionally, is this the "blinky dash syndrome"? |
Don Bagnall
Moderator New Zealand I have LESS Soarers than Hayden :-(
Posts: 4054 Reg: 05-2005
| I'm not Mark (strangely!!), but YES, that IS the start of El Blinko-dasho............Ole!
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Ken Cornell
TryHard Western Australia 4.0GT V8 Soarer
Posts: 441 Reg: 01-2006
| @#$%&*$# poo!!!!! Oh well |
Carl Johnson
Tinkerer QLD 93 LTD UZZ31 Manual V8
Posts: 87 Reg: 10-2005
| Will wait to hear what Mark has to say on this. But my expierence has been different. I got the Blinky Dash bug about 2 yrs ago. I fixed it, have had no problems since...........however now the bottom row (warning odo etc) is occasionlly slow to light up on cold mornings. Seems to me that they are a similar fault ie capacitors need replacing but not the same ones as for Blinky Dash |
Lawrence Ostle
TryHard NSW tt
Posts: 187 Reg: 12-2005
| Carl, I have the same problem - I thought it was my eyes! |
Mark Paddick
Goo Roo ACT UZZ31 V8 Soarer , JZZ30 TT Soarer
Posts: 2732 Reg: 07-2005
| All part of the same syndrome. It could also be a fault in the tube heater and/or circuit if the tube hasn't been replaced with a cold-cathode type (Jaycar). |
John Adderson
Newbie Western Australia Soarer V8
Posts: 1 Reg: 10-2006
| Blue light conversion to speedo,fuel,temp two years ago no problems. Started car yesterday, no speedo,fuel,temp. Indicators working normally. Lower part of dash good. Drove car 100mtrs everything back to normal. Today same problem but still no upper dash apart from indicators. Has anybody had this problem. No cold weather here in Western Australia. |
Justin Cook
DieHard QLD JZZ30 TT
Posts: 687 Reg: 07-2005
| Its your caps mate, blinky dash. Same thing happened to me. Also have to change the transistor. |
John Adderson
Newbie Western Australia Soarer V8
Posts: 2 Reg: 10-2006
| Justin Cook, thank you. Regards John Adderson |
Daniel Lee
DieHard Victoria Soarer GT Limited UZZ31 V8
Posts: 806 Reg: 07-2005
| I had the blinky dash fixed about a year ago and now the bottom part will go blank, the time and the odometer bit. Also the system check keep coming up when the bottom part went out. |
Scott Ferguson
TryHard Alberta Soarer GTT-L
Posts: 217 Reg: 07-2006
| Those symptoms were all a part of my blinky dash experience, looks like maybe the transistor has gone bad. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than I will be along shortly Good luck |
John Adderson
Newbie Western Australia Soarer V8
Posts: 3 Reg: 10-2006
| Daniel Lee & Scott Ferguson, Thank's for the information John Adderson |
John Adderson
Newbie Western Australia Soarer V8
Posts: 4 Reg: 10-2006
| Where in Perth can I get my "Blinky Dash" }repaired? |
John-Ross Torre
Tinkerer WA UZZ31 V8
Posts: 52 Reg: 06-2006
| head to distinctive car imports (DCI) in Wangara |
Andrew Ferres
TryHard WA '86 Cressida V8, '84 Soarer V8, '90 C-F Celsior V8
Posts: 455 Reg: 07-2005
| Or Applied Instruments in Balcatta |
John Adderson
Newbie Western Australia Soarer V8
Posts: 5 Reg: 10-2006
| Thanks Guys. |