Fried my Defi link unit today..!!!

**SOUTHPAW** · 10-28-2004 09:07 PM

I spent 4 hours ripping apart my dash and using a dremmel to custom make a dash panel to fit under my headunit that would relocate my turbo timer and Defi-Link control in-dash. I was completely done and putting everything back together when one of the clips broke off and fell inside the link controller. I took it apart and my friend accedentally touched the curcuit board to a peice of metal on my Eclipse headunit and .... kapooiee! Flash, smoke, burn mark. I did not have the key in/ power on when it fried so I don't think I hurt the gauges themselves....??? It's gonna cost me $110 to get a new controller and I'm pissed.

A fcuked up rim and this all in one week.......

My gauges should be OK, right???

**Th3Franz** · 10-28-2004 10:24 PM

Is your head unit ok?

**SOUTHPAW** · 10-29-2004 05:48 AM

The head unit is fine... There is a small peice of metal on the front of the face, and this is what the circuit board came in contact with. The power was not on..... my friend at Tweeter told me not to worry about the gauges but I won't know until the new Link unit comes in this weekend.... I just don't want it to go from costing me $100 to costing $1000 for new gauges....

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**Th3Franz** · 10-29-2004 06:18 AM

Originally Posted by SOUTHPAW

The head unit is fine... There is a small peice of metal on the front of the face, and this is what the circuit board came in contact with. The power was not on..... my friend at Tweeter told me not to worry about the gauges but I won't know until the new Link unit comes in this weekend.... I just don't want it to go from costing me $100 to costing $1000 for new gauges....

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Ah yeah that would suck. Hope everything works out ok.. Do you have Defi BF's?