Combination meter blank, no instrument lights

G'day Koco,
I have the same issue on my 2009. (The Darkstar)

Thanks for the tips you mentioned for the quick temporary fix. I'll try those. This morning I found myself in the driveway at 2am with a car that would not shut off after the drive home from work. Ug.

I have not yet taken the board out yet and want to order a cap from Mouser or Digikey. But I don't know the physical dimensions of the cap: Height and width. I noticed that Panic-sonic has a line of vibration resistant higher temp caps which look appealing for this repair (more so than the no name caps sold for this purpose on Amazon etc). But to make sure I order the right part I need to know the dimensions of the troublesome cap.

I see this sort of issue often with older electronics. The power supply filter caps to logic circuits start to develop internal series resistance (ESR) and also the capacitance drops somewhat, so they are far less effective at filtering noise on the power bus and can even cause some regulators to oscillate. (LDO regulators are particularly prone to this, less so the older 78XX series) Sometimes this will cause intermittent resets of a logic circuit or the cold reset circuit might not work at all. If you get your old cap out in tact and have a meter than can do it, check the ESR (Equivalent Series Resistance) it would be interesting to see what it is. I'll check mine too and we can compare. That is only an N of 2 but it is a start.

But Like I said, for now, dimensions would really help.

Pinback

 

I just replaced this cap. Based on the other threads about the issue, this was the cap that seemed to be recommended and the one I used (no issues so far):

UUD1C221MCL1GS

If you search for this part on digikey or mouser sites you will see it.

If you want to read the full thread from which I got this part number (which I would encourage), look for the stickied thread "combination meter repair - DIY"