A difficult DIY job. You might find it worth contacting Klarzy, who repairs them.

TC

 

Was thinking about this issue (lines in the screen) which seems to have been resolved by some by re soldering some of the solder points where the ribbon cable attaches to the LCD.
Apparently the solder joints dries and cracks and I believe its pretty hard to re solder them.
I saw some conductive type supa glue in an electrical hobby shop which creates conductive joints on circut boards and was wondering if anyone has tried using this to fix the issue. Might be aot easier than soldering.

 

I'm going to give the glue a try seems cheap on the bay so I'll have a go at that .... just waiting on my haynes so I can see how to remove the cluster.

 

Soldering isn't likely to work because the ribbon cable contacts are not soldered to begin with

The ribbon cable contacts are fixed with a conductive putty, which dries out and shrinks over time, thus breaking the contact. It is possible (but fiddly) to heat the circuit board to soften the putty, and then apply pressure and motion to the contacts to spread the putty and regain contact.

The same type of fixing is used or most LCD screens in phones, control panels etc, and eventually they will almost all have similar failure of the contacts.

 

So you thinking heat gun and a bit of fiddling?

 

as far as i am aware,To fix it, its a clothing iron,or heat gun and some clamping effect.

 

Man in car I found this what do you think ?
http://www.bareconductive.com/make/yariv-zivs-conductive-putty/

 

For anyone intrigued about 'conductive glue', my advice is don't waste your money on the black (carbon) impregnated PVA gloop sold on eBay, etc. In spite of the convincing photos of LEDs connected with it, the truth is it's a con. I've tried various 'glues' for fixing pcb's and such. The only type worth considering is the type containing colloidal silver (expensive). The black stuff is simply non-conductive when dried out. I can demo the test if anyone wants more.

TC

 

To fix the lines on the IPK needs a bit of know-how. The man who has it is Klarzy. He's fixed dozens of them for forum mmbers and as a trader will guarrantee the result.

Klarzy Dials: http://www.klarzy-dials.com/pricing---decleration.html

TC

 

I checked klarzy says he's not been online for a year.....

 

He spends all his spare time on the Club forum. You'll get him there for sure, or send him a PM.

TC

 

my display has a couple of lines on it and I was thinking of trying the paint used for repairing heated rear screens.. where about is klarzy based, it doesn`t say on his site

 

.. where about is klarzy based, it doesn't say on his site

His profile (on the Club forum) says he's in March, Cambridgeshire.
I'd suggest anyone with a failing IPK screen to register over there and contact him direct.

TC