BobOfTheFuture Rob Mod Moderator Location: LI, NY Join Date: 09/25/2010 Age: Settling Down Posts: 629 Rally Car: None, anymore. |
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Infallible Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Not that I know in Merikuh. Maybe the fooking engrish furrin devils that made it will repair, don't weigh much to send over... John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
imnotcrazy Don Kennedy Ultra Moderator Location: Reading, PA Join Date: 10/05/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 227 Rally Car: Impreza |
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Paul Buck Paul Buck Ultra Moderator Location: Portland, OR Join Date: 03/23/2015 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 156 Rally Car: Volvo 242 in progress |
take the floopin' thing apart and take the board with bum button out. take notes so you can put it back together. figure out what kind of button it is, it's prolly a normally closed momentary button. but you can check it or a neighboring button with a multimeter to see if it's normally open or normally closed. then go to mouser.com and track the button down. make sure you make note of the contact spacing on the button, how many contacts, etc. if you can't find it on mouser you can try digikey, but mouser's website is far superior. order button. replace, or find electronics dork friend to help.
warning, brits like to overcomplicate their electronics. or needlessly fancify them. |
DG_Rally Dave Grenwis Infallible Moderator Location: Minneapolis, MN Join Date: 08/16/2012 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 125 Rally Car: '92 VW Golf |
You could also throw it away and use this app on a tablet:
This was in the VW Golf odometer sending unit thread. Dave Grenwis - DG Rally - www.dgrally.com Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/15/2015 11:53AM by DG_Rally. |
BobOfTheFuture Rob Mod Moderator Location: LI, NY Join Date: 09/25/2010 Age: Settling Down Posts: 629 Rally Car: None, anymore. |
This sounds like fun, I'll give it a shot. I have a rally app for the phone, and used it to good success at BRS and somewhat lesser at STPR. Doesn't seem to want to always work, needs a data connection doesn't it? Enablers, All of you. |
hoche Michel Hoche-Mong Mega Moderator Location: Campbell, CA Join Date: 02/28/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,156 Rally Car: Golf, Golf, RX-3 |
DigiKey has more stuff. Mouser has a nicer website and is much easier to actually order from, and they take Paypal. If you figure out what the part is, please post it here. I don't know about the Terratrip, but the Terraphone is NOT overcomplicated. If anything, it's undercomplicated, and really could use some compression/filtering circuitry.
Which rally app? It doesn't need a data connection to just be an GPS-based odometer, but it might refuse to run if other parts of the app need a connection. Self-righteous douche canoe |
BobOfTheFuture Rob Mod Moderator Location: LI, NY Join Date: 09/25/2010 Age: Settling Down Posts: 629 Rally Car: None, anymore. |
I used the ASE rally monitor 110. It did work great at BRS, didn't want for anything more. I wonder if the problems at Stpr were user error.
Are there any other recomended apps? Enablers, All of you. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/17/2015 05:28AM by BobOfTheFuture. |
Flying_Finn Eric Grochowski Mega Moderator Location: Calgary AB Join Date: 02/23/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 25 Rally Car: '96 Golf, '87 Corolla GTS, '99 2.5RS |
Years ago I sent my 404 into Terratrip in the UK and they sent it back all fixed for what thought was a very reasonable fee and a pretty quick turn around too (must have been a couple of weeks or so). Can't remember much for details but I know it involved replacing one of the LCD screens.
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BobOfTheFuture Rob Mod Moderator Location: LI, NY Join Date: 09/25/2010 Age: Settling Down Posts: 629 Rally Car: None, anymore. |
So took it apart.
They aren't individual buttons... The whole face of the terratrip is a sandwich with all the switches and wiring under plastic. I can't test the switches... any of them so that means I'm doing It wrong. But with a pin I can tell the paths at least have continuity. There was a loose screw internally that may have shorted something out, But I can't find anything burnt and there Is no smell. Anyone have a broken 303 they want to sell? Enablers, All of you. |
Paul Buck Paul Buck Ultra Moderator Location: Portland, OR Join Date: 03/23/2015 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 156 Rally Car: Volvo 242 in progress |
well if the enter button is the only bad thing on the unit then there wouldn't be a smell. smells only from burning, caused by shorts or over voltage or other terrible factors. if you can snap a photo i might be able to help more but if it's too much trouble in the long run just send it to terratrip... if they'll fix it for a reasonable price. but i do kindof want too see this "sandwich" you speak of. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Infallible Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Ham sammich? John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
BobOfTheFuture Rob Mod Moderator Location: LI, NY Join Date: 09/25/2010 Age: Settling Down Posts: 629 Rally Car: None, anymore. |
I'll take pics when home... I looked for burnt stuff because there was a loose screw inside... Indiscriminate voltage does ugly things. John- Bologna! Enablers, All of you. |