artrageous

Hi there--first post here. Tonight I fixed the clock on my new-to-me 2002 Outback Sport Impreza. I followed the directions on the Forester message board: http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=3350 As others have said, #510 was the problem. Worst part of the soldering was that the gap/crack was on the side of 510 that was partially under the display.Of course I missed the post in the thread that said you could remove the display by "unsoldering" it. Would have made it much easier to access.... But after carefully soldering, I plugged it in and was delighted to see it light up! After that, however, things got pretty ugly... I had a REALLY hard time getting the darned radio back into the housing! I hate putting a lot of pressure on plastic things and just knew I was going to BREAK it right after having FIXED it! Finally got it in, plugged it in again, beat the whole housing thingy back into the dash--and had a lighted clock WITH RED HORIZONTAL STRIPES going across the display (sigh). AND with all the pushing and tugging I'd done, the daggone buttons had recessed a bit. By this time, this was no longer a "quick fix" or a "fun project." It was dark outside and I was using a flashlight, so I opted not to pull the whole mess out of the dash again to try to get it seated into the housing better. I used a pen to push the buttons and set the time and after I did that, the red stripes disappeared--which was a nice surprise. So....we'll see how it goes. When I have time I might take it out again and try to get the buttons back where they belong, but at least for now I have a working clock!