[Diy_efi] NVRAM chip for a 1986 GM odometer?

Buck Williams buckwill33
Wed Jul 4 17:06:11 UTC 2007


isss your tech in wiscaonsin,,,, if not i can senddd u name of man was refurb techhhh for gm now refaurbv in his own businesss , i founddd his name for fraiend who neededdd digiatal dash for s10, buck

> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 01:48:44 -0700> From: g_alan_e at yahoo.com> To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org> Subject: [Diy_efi] NVRAM chip for a 1986 GM odometer?> > I was pointed to this list from the V6 J-body list.> > I have a 1986 Cadillac Cimarron with the digital> instrument panel. It developed a bunch of problems> suddenly (trip meter quit, displays intermittent,> english/metric switch stuck on english) so I sent it> off to the only place I could find that would work> on this particular panel.> > A bit later the tech there calls and said it's all> fixed except the odometer. When he first powered it> up it displayed all zeroes, a common problem. (Just> before I sent it off, I hooked it up to check the> miles and it read 96480.) After he did the repairs,> the odometer read ERROR. He tried the NVRAM chip> from the Cimarron cluster he has that he's been> cannibalizing parts from and it too said ERROR.> > Says he can't get those chips, that particular one> was only used in the Cimarron. Going through a GM> dealer to have AC Delco refurbish my already> refurbished panel (and have the NVRAM chip replaced)> would cost me $300! AC Delco does not sell just the> chips, repair or exchange of the whole panel only.> > The service manual for this car says the odometer> will read up to 200000 miles then will display FULL.> > Not so hot reliability for the panel to go *poof*> at only 96,480 miles.> > The panel is still in transit by UPS back to me, so> I can't get numbers off the chip yet.> > Would be nice to find a reasonably priced replacement> and a way to set the miles to match the original.> I'll be keeping mileage logs until I can get the> odometer fixed!> > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________> Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels> in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit.> http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097> _______________________________________________> Diy_efi mailing list> Diy_efi at diy-efi.org> Subscribe: http://lists.diy-efi.org/mailman/listinfo/diy_efi> Main WWW page: http://www.diy-efi.org/diy_efi



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