99-04 F250 F350 RELIABLE Overhead Display Fix P/N: F81B-25519C44-A

Description: 1999 to 2004 Intermittent, Dim or not working Overhead Display fix. Mine went dim and intermittent due to the Lead Free Solder joints going bad. This is how I fixed mine.
The Part Number for my display was: P/N: F81B-25519C44-A

If You don't have the skills you can get Rapid_Electronic on eBay to fix it for about $24.99 Here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-F150-F2...

Music: End of Summer MP3, YouTube Free Music and standard License.

Parts Needed if your missing the resistors:
- 62 Ohm 1 Watt Ceramic SMT Resistor Vishay Dale P/N: CRCW251262R0JNEG
- 68 ohm 1 Watt Ceramic SMT Resistor Vishay Dale P/N: CRCW251268R0JNEG
Order them from Newark / Element14 at WWW.newark.com or another vender as needed.
- 15 Minute Epoxy, Optional.

Tools Used:
- Side Cutters.
- Acid Brush, cut short.
- Hobby Knife with pointed tip.
- Lab Glass or a plastic lid to mix 15min. Epoxy.
- Solder Iron.
- Safety Glasses.
- Electronics Repair Microscope (Optional).

Consumables Used:
- Solder, 60/40 or 70/30.
- Solder Wick/Braid.
- 90% or higher Isoprophyl Alcohol.
- Liquid RMA Flux or Solder Paste.

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Why is Lead Free used?
Lead Free solder was designed to reduce the lead that ends up in the water table where we get our drinking water from. Lead makes its way there via landfills when electronic devices are no longer wanted and thrown into the trash.
In concept the idea seems valid, but in reality it actually makes the problem worse. Here's why, Lead free solder over time becomes brittle and through normal use of heating and cooling added to that vibration from the item being used the solder joints break down. When the items break we do one of two things; 1. Throw it in the trash which ends them up in the land fill, or 2. Repair it.
Most people don't know how to repair it and the cost of repairing it is far more that the cost of buying a new one. So most people are forced to throw the item in the trash and buy a new one.
If the part had been assembled with lead solder the part would not have broken so easily and would not end up in the landfill for decades. When's the last time you saw an antique radio or an old automotive radio fail from an old lead soldered joint. I have a radio from 1936 in my house and it works fine. Lead free Solder is so unreliable that it has been banned for use in Aviation and Military Critical electronic devices. In fact it's suspected to be directly involved in an airline crash that killed several people when the computer failed due to bad Lead Free solder joints.
Lead Free Solder is also the leading cause of automotive computer and automotive environmental control failures and may be linked to
several deadly crashes when automotive engines shut down due to faulty Lead Free Solder joints in the ECM. So if you want your device to work reliable for decades resolder all your failing devices with leaded solder. Lead free solder, in "MY OPINION", is NOT good for the environment, but is good for electronic suppliers and the automotive industry. There are big bucks in replacing all those devices that will prematurely fail from normal use because of Lead Free Solder. If they really wanted to solve this problem, they should use Silver, it melts at a little higher temperature and is none toxic to the water table.
Also people would want it to reclaim all that silver in it. With all that Silver in new electronics, newer broken electronic devices would become valuable scrap overnight. Thanks again. Keith