jwiseman3

i thank you so much for this post and by following your directions i have lites and gas readings very simple by your step by step i understand your not wanting to offend anyone but 1000 is just to much thanks again. jwiseman3

Chopfooey

My dash was dead with flickering needles and the gas gauge was inoperative. The radio and climate control lights didn't work either.

I would not recommend using tantalum capacitors because they tend to short out when they fail.

Other than that you guys saved me a mint. THANK YOU!!

EDIT: Speedometer seems to go in and out periodically. Noticed there are several more caps of the same make and manufacture. In my experience, at least on computer boards, when one group of caps goes bad the others aren't far behind it. I plan on replacing the rest of them with decent low ESR electrolytic caps in an effort to get the speedo working 100%.

TaninAuto

Hey guys,

I repair all this stuff too. I can also provide the capacitors or whatever parts you may need. I'd love to support the DIY crowd too!

crisavelli

WOW...I followed all the steps,the dash lights now but the fuel guage does not work,any ideas?

crisavelli

WOW...I followed all the steps,the dash lights now but the fuel guage does not work,any ideas?

TaninAuto

Could have damaged the board changing the capacitor. How did you remove them?

silentriot

I can confirm that these instructions work on the (Right hand drive) Celsior as well.
The circuit board is a left-right mirror image of the LS400, so picture the images in the thread being mirrored. The capacitor numbering and values are the same. Capacitors came off very easily and the new ones went in just as easily.

Great DIY thread!

RA010623

iTrader: (1)

awesome guide but this definitely would take some steady hand and good soldering skills.

PlotPoint

For what it's worth, when I got my car back after having had the engine mounts and trans mount replaced, the instrument panel, which has been flickering on and off or just blacking out for more than a year, and the gas needle gauge, which previously took 1/2 hour of warming up before it would register the level, were working. AND a trac warning light that used to come on at random no longer lights up. Go figure.

Unless the shop did some magic trick fix to the instrument panel while they had the car in to replace the mounts, which I think we can all agree is highly unlikely, the 'fix' has to be related to this recent repair/maintenance. It's not exactly a 'fix' since I have seen a couple of flashes since, but vastly improved.

It's possible the trac warning light 'fix' has more to do with brake pad and fluid replacement (also done recently) than with engine and trans mount replacement, but whatever the reason, I am happy with the unanticipated side benefits.

BLE

Hello everyone,
I have an issue with flickering cluster when the weather is cold and I replaced the C212, C147 AND C142 capacitors last week with 10UF 16 VOLT FOR C212, 10UF 50 VOLT FOR C147 AND 4.7 UF 25 VOLT FOR C142 after replace them it seems to fix the proplem when the weather is cold, but now when weather is warm or I should say when the car is warm above 55 degree and if I turn off the engine and turn star the the car again the cluster won't light up at all. What is the issue? what capactor else to replace? any help would appreciated.

Newblue

I like the write-up... Only thing is, my 93 SC400 has COMPLETELY DIFFERENT panel set up & capacitor numbers. I DON'T HAVE a small board on top. So, anyone have any idea which capacitors need to be replaced?

PureDrifter

iTrader: (10)

try looking in the SC forum and not the LS forum...

SCs are set up totally different, use bulbs not CCFLs.

Newblue

Thanks, Pure... I'll get on that!

aaddpp

^^^^^^^^ What type of capacitor would be a better option than tantalum?

I've looked around, and found a thread that goes into a lot of detail about low ESR capacitors made by certain manufacturers - https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...capacitor.html . The capacitors mentioned in the thread are used in the ECU, and I'm wondering if they are a good option for the boards in the dash display.

Dave

Yamae

Yes, low ESR electrolytic capacitors are better and safe for the dash too.
Don't use high capacitance ceramic capacitors to avoid the oscillation.
I also would not use tantalum capacitors available in the market for fear of the fire hazard.