display won't set

[DaPreacha]

Hi, I have a simple question I'm sure someone has dealt with before. I was fixing some bad wiring the previous owner had installed for an accessory plug and blew the fuse, when I pulled my fuses one by one to check them and tried to reset my display (clock and trip meters) nothing will set. So how do you reset the display?

[DaPreacha]

Does anyone know how to reset the ECU?

[mbarr10]

Best way I know to reset the ECU is send it to IVAN.

But I think if you (MAYBE) take off the battery cables for awhile, and remove the ECU plugs also? an Hour or so then plug in the ECU then attach the battery cables. You may get a fresh boot?? To me It is just a computer and this would be the same process for installing an ECU. JUST GUESSING.

Not sure how any of the above helps your display. Have you read the owners manual for changing the display. It may do something, But I am assuming you have no display. Is that correct??

As you can tell I am more moral support than actual help. I am sure someone has a real answer.

[DaPreacha]

Display works but no clock set and no trip meters. I am going to send mu ecu for the Ivan's flash this winter, I just thought there would be an easy way to do a quick reset to see if it helps. Thanks for your reply.

[DaPreacha]

Has anyone else had this problem?

[mike07nad]

I wonder if you are somehow stuck in the Self Diagnosis mode.

Try this - Press and Hold the S button on the right hand controls for 2 or 3 seconds
From what I read - this should take it out of the self diag mode.

Are you getting any error codes?

I also really like the - Unhook the battery option to reset things.

Good luck - let us know how it works out.

[DaPreacha]

I unhooked the battery for two hours. Nothing. I can get the clock to blink but not set and I have no trip meters. I have pushed the "S" button and it will blank out the display but not change anything.

[Snake Ranch]

Could it be the control buttons are not functioning properly, or their wires are shorted. I would look at the external components before blaming the ECU.

Has the electrical problems the previous owner created been completely resolved?

It sounds like there is still a wire or switch problem.

[UNCLE WILLIE]

my 010 went crazy a while back -- not same as yours but just as aggrovating so i took the switch assembly off and sprayed it real good with electrical cleaner and cycled the switches a million times then dryed it then a lite shot of WD40 and it started working -- maybe something like that would work for u -- i suspect any switch that isnt used much is subject to a little corrosion

[DaPreacha]

Originally Posted by Snake Ranch

Could it be the control buttons are not functioning properly, or their wires are shorted. I would look at the external components before blaming the ECU.

Has the electrical problems the previous owner created been completely resolved?

It sounds like there is still a wire or switch problem.

It all started when I pulled the fuses to check them I did nothing else and had never had any problems. I think it is in the brains of the display somehow. If I could just reset them.

[Pilot747]

Originally Posted by DaPreacha

I unhooked the battery for two hours. Nothing. I can get the clock to blink but not set and I have no trip meters. I have pushed the "S" button and it will blank out the display but not change anything.

If the hour number on the clock is blinking you should be able to set it. It's a pain and it's tricky. A learning process every time for me. That's why I just leave it on DST year round. At least it's right most of the time. After the battery has been disconnected the trip meters will be zeroed out.

[DaPreacha]

Originally Posted by Pilot747

If the hour number on the clock is blinking you should be able to set it. It's a pain and it's tricky. A learning process every time for me. That's why I just leave it on DST year round. At least it's right most of the time. After the battery has been disconnected the trip meters will be zeroed out.

I have set the clock several times. Now it won't budge. It blinks but no setting! Also, the trip meters have disappeared altogether. This is a strange one for me but at least it is running good!

[DaPreacha]

Originally Posted by UNCLE WILLIE

my 010 went crazy a while back -- not same as yours but just as aggrovating so i took the switch assembly off and sprayed it real good with electrical cleaner and cycled the switches a million times then dryed it then a lite shot of WD40 and it started working -- maybe something like that would work for u -- i suspect any switch that isnt used much is subject to a little corrosion

I will try that, thanks!

[DaPreacha]

Update - I held the set button and turned on the ignition and Check 5 showed. As soon as I let off the set button everything went normal. Anyone know what this might mean?

[mike07nad]

Originally Posted by DaPreacha

Update - I held the set button and turned on the ignition and Check 5 showed. As soon as I let off the set button everything went normal. Anyone know what this might mean?

If it is now working - I'm gonna guess it had a Brain Fart when you were nutzing with the wiring. If all is well carry on.

FYI - In my quick look at the manual it looks like "Error Codes" show up as Error 11, 12, 13 ..... with the highest code being 98. Always a two digit code. There are around 20 used codes, not all numbers are used.

In the manual there is a section that talks about How to Check the Instrument Cluster. They use the term Check 1 - Check 14. This appears to be where you can perform a test to make sure the appropriate light functions on the display. Check 5 is for the "High Beam" indicator light. But I don't see anywhere where it shows the display giving a readout of Check 5.

Hopefully it was just a brain fart and it repaired itself when you held down the S button and Turned on the ignition.