Fix your clock (Forester)

[Tom Bavis]

A lot of the Forester clocks seem to quit or go intermittant. Mine
was a cracked solder joint. To fix, you need a fine tip soldering
iron and half an hour. Maybe a resistor, but mine just needed
resoldering.

Pry out the clock at the retaining tabs at the top, and unplug the
connector. Take it to a table before you take it apart or you'll lose
the tiny buttons... Remove the circuit board and find the resistor
with "510" marked on top. If it's cracked in half, you'll have to
change it. But probably you can just resolder one end. If you need
a new one, it's 51 Ohms, 2 Watts. Find it in the DigiKey catalog...

Reassemble in reverse order of disassembly.

 

[ed]

Tom:
Thanks for the great tip! I took mine apart, and sure enough, resitor 510
was unsoldered at one end.
I was ready to find a used clock or buy a new one.

 

[ruzicka]

Thank you soooo much! This fix worked perfectly and save me (or so I was
told by the dealer) about $90 -$100!