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External temp display help
I am trying to retrofit an external temp display into my SD. I got the display and probe from a member here and pulled the wiring harness and display-compatible gauge housing from a junk yard car.
The problem I am having is that the unit only seems to power up ever 4 to 5 times I try it, and when it does power up it displays + 88.8*C most of the time with an occasional -27.0* or -37.0*. I think I have got it to display the correct temperature once. The back light seems to work fine. I have been testing it on the bench with a car battery as a power supply. I have verified that my wiring harness does not have any breaks in it, and have tried re-soldering the unit with no success. Is the unit dead or do I have another problem? Thanks
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Nobody has any idea how these work??
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biodiesel300TD knows.... He installed one in his 240D. Slick setup.
I am fixin to do the same to my 300D. I got the display, but don't have the other stuff.
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Bump.
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this seems to be the one system on my car that works fine!
have you tried a few different types of flux while soldering? I found when rebuilding the wiring harness that sometimes one flux worked better than another for cleaning things and getting the solder to adhere properly.
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When I re-soldered the unit I only heated up each joint to repair any cracks that may have formed, I did not add any solder.
Can anybody that has retrofitted one of these try unplugging the sensor and report back what the unit displays?
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Bump!
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I tried that once . . . I simulated a sensor with a resistor substitution box in order to bench-test a display . . . as I recall (poorly), with a very high resistance (equivalent to a missing sensor) the display read minus a whole bunch, like -30F or -40F or something like that. As I decreased the resistance, the display read higher and higher until, at a few hundred ohms or so, it read 70F or something like that. So, if your display thinks that it's mighty cold, you could have a bad sensor.
Jeremy
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There's no guarantee that the sensor survived removal from the car....it was 15F out and brittle.....and I had a hard time getting it out. I only pulled it for the heck of it. Perhaps its damaged....or was already not working right.
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If you have power and ground, it should power up, read (IIRC) -40c or -40F (same temp in F or C, little trivia for ya) with an open-circuit sensor. The light and temp-sensor return are the other two pins.
I have a 126 display around here somewhere, I'll power it up tomorrow and verify for you. PM or email me if I forget.
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