Kujoy
16-08-2010, 09:06 PM
Since I bought my Galant a few weeks back the clock has been going on and off, so it HAD to be sorted out.
Heres a quick guide for others that come across this issue.
Firstly we need to remove the clock from the dashboard. Its connected to the dash by 4 spring steel clips. You will see one of mine has snapped off.
Pull gently from the sides and once it starts to move lift it a little from the front. Keep repeating this until it comes out. There also 2 plastic lugs at the so if your careful you wont snap them off.
http://vr4.reflowpro.co.uk/g1/g11.jpg
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Heres the hole left once its been removed.
http://vr4.reflowpro.co.uk/g1/g12.jpg
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Next undo the screws pictured below.
http://vr4.reflowpro.co.uk/g1/g13.jpg
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Next all you have to do is unhook the locking tabs until you have 3 pieces like below.
http://vr4.reflowpro.co.uk/g1/g15.jpg
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Now its time to remove circuitboard, lcd and button panel. This all comes out as a single unit. The only thing holding it in is the 2 plastic hooks.
http://vr4.reflowpro.co.uk/g1/g16.jpg
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The clock in the galant is old school electronics, so resoldering anything should be easy. In mine it was the solder joints on the plug connector that had cracked. Looking at the board there shouldn't really be any other weak areas, but if you resolder the points shown below and it doen't fix it redo them all.
Solder used is leaded so if you want to dab over them all with lead free solder this isn't a problem. If you have flux (not the plumbing kind) it might worth freshening up any joints that dont look that good.
http://vr4.reflowpro.co.uk/g1/g17.jpg
41216
In theory that should be it. Test it in the car before reassembly and you should be good to go.
when reassembling it easier to put the buttons onto the PCB like below.
http://vr4.reflowpro.co.uk/g1/g18.jpg
41217
Hope that helps someone out, and sorry for the poor quality photos.
:)
Heres a quick guide for others that come across this issue.
Firstly we need to remove the clock from the dashboard. Its connected to the dash by 4 spring steel clips. You will see one of mine has snapped off.
Pull gently from the sides and once it starts to move lift it a little from the front. Keep repeating this until it comes out. There also 2 plastic lugs at the so if your careful you wont snap them off.
http://vr4.reflowpro.co.uk/g1/g11.jpg
41212
Heres the hole left once its been removed.
http://vr4.reflowpro.co.uk/g1/g12.jpg
41213
Next undo the screws pictured below.
http://vr4.reflowpro.co.uk/g1/g13.jpg
41218
Next all you have to do is unhook the locking tabs until you have 3 pieces like below.
http://vr4.reflowpro.co.uk/g1/g15.jpg
41214
Now its time to remove circuitboard, lcd and button panel. This all comes out as a single unit. The only thing holding it in is the 2 plastic hooks.
http://vr4.reflowpro.co.uk/g1/g16.jpg
41215
The clock in the galant is old school electronics, so resoldering anything should be easy. In mine it was the solder joints on the plug connector that had cracked. Looking at the board there shouldn't really be any other weak areas, but if you resolder the points shown below and it doen't fix it redo them all.
Solder used is leaded so if you want to dab over them all with lead free solder this isn't a problem. If you have flux (not the plumbing kind) it might worth freshening up any joints that dont look that good.
http://vr4.reflowpro.co.uk/g1/g17.jpg
41216
In theory that should be it. Test it in the car before reassembly and you should be good to go.
when reassembling it easier to put the buttons onto the PCB like below.
http://vr4.reflowpro.co.uk/g1/g18.jpg
41217
Hope that helps someone out, and sorry for the poor quality photos.
:)