Hello all,
My digital instrument cluster on my Toronado has recently started to go off at various times, and for various lengths of time. I found a couple of individuals online that would repair it and send it back to me within roughly a week's time.
My question, from having a slight electronics background, is: is all they are basically doing just replacing the aging capacitors? I know that this works with monitors and other electronics, since the caps don't last forever.
As a test, I pulled the dash from another Toronado I have (1986) and disassembled it to see if I could notice any leaky caps. I didn't see any with bulges on top, but there was a lot of brown crusty blobs on the circuit boards near the caps...is this leakage or some intended factory adhesive/sealant?
I have years of soldering/PlayStation modding/wiring experience...is it possible for me to desolder any suspicious caps from my 1988 Toronado's dash circuit boards, match them exactly, and replace them?
Thanks for your input! I hope this is a good place to ask this kind of question.