I've mentioned in the past the Corvette's A/C unit was going dim--sometimes brought back to life by tapping it. The A/C worked fine--you just couldn't see the temperature, or the details of fan speed, etc. It finally reached final darkness. Instructions for removing the unit are here--and it wasn't really all that bad, once I had enough Torx devices and metric sockets to disassemble the appropriate parts.
Theoretically, I could have fixed the problem by resoldering the resistors that are the problem--but surface mount technology makes me nervous, and my soldering iron died sometime in the last year or two, I discovered. Once out, I ended up sending it to Soul Per4mance in Fairfield, California. I shipped it last Tuesday. They received it Thursday. They fixed it Friday (and sent me a photograph of it all bright and happy), and shipped it Saturday. It arrived today. Wow! Fixed for $41, including return shipping! A new one would cost about $400 installed.
UPDATE: It only took a few minutes to get the dashboard apart, the new unit in, and everything back together again--and it is wonderful to have everything bright as new! I have also noticed that because I have been leaving the Corvette outside lately (because of our concrete painting project--more about that later), first thing in the morning, the ABS and traction control problems are gone--probably because of the cold. These become problems if I start it up on a hot day. But when are ABS and traction control really important? When it is cold and snowy. Maybe I will live with these annoying warning lights.
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