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Old Jan 21, 2019 | 02:56 PM
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Another Victim of Faulty Combo Meter

I had some downtime to work on my G this past weekend. I had to replace rear rotors and pads, so I also decided to check out my fuel level problem. I've ran out of gas more times than I would like to admit, lol. Anyway, I did the checks of the fuel level senders. Driver side passed between 2.5 - 83 Ohms and passenger side was between 2.5 - 43 Ohms, so I did the combo meter self-test and it falls just one or two lines under the half mark.

I read some posts about soldering it myself and people sending it out; I was wondering who had the best experience? I don't have the steady hands to solder something that small or the experience to work on a board like that. I've seen prices ranging from 92-200+. Looking for the best price/workmanship.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2019 | 03:37 PM
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I soldered mine myself. The resistors are the big surface mount type so it doesn't require super fine motor skills. Also as long as you don't over heat the parts, they will not move as one side remains soldered while you reflow the other side. So it's not so hard if you have a soldering iron and a some solder. Certainly worth the effort in my book. The soldering itself is nowhere near as difficult as getting the cluster out and apart.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2019 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by jbarnett250
I soldered mine myself. The resistors are the big surface mount type so it doesn't require super fine motor skills. Also as long as you don't over heat the parts, they will not move as one side remains soldered while you reflow the other side. So it's not so hard if you have a soldering iron and a some solder. Certainly worth the effort in my book. The soldering itself is nowhere near as difficult as getting the cluster out and apart.
I might have to try it myself then.
 
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