SI board remote batteries

[ron madden]

Hi everyone, The cad batteries on my SI board are dead. Has anyone hooked up a remote battery system where you can change the batteries without tearing up the dash. Thanks, Ron

[german performance inc]

yes ,someone not long ago had a post about this,its not the end of the world pulling the cluster,it does the other connections good to be pulled off and put back on ,as this will clean the terminals and make sure you have a good connection for the gauges

[Brucey]

yes; I think this has been written up; search here or on the bcg archives and you will find it most likely. Provided you are handy with a soldering iron it is pretty straightforward once you are in there IIRC.

cheers

[ron madden]

Thanks for your information. I am sure it is a simple job. I will look further into it. Ron

[Chris Wright]

Here is the write-up in the BigCoupe Tech section, but unfortunately, the links to the photo's showing the earlier SI boards are broken. The only thing shown is to the later boards on the next page.

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[JCS]

Chris,

I found a source for the 3V Sanyo # CR14250SE with solder pins.

http://store.batteryspecialists.com/cr14250sepins.html

[Chris Wright]

Chris,

I found a source for the 3V Sanyo # CR14250SE with solder pins.

http://store.batteryspecialists.com/cr14250sepins.html

Good find!

You also can get them locally (no shipping) if you have a BatteriesPlus Store; and they will solder them on the board for you if you want. Here is a store locator:
http://www.batteriesplus.com/t-storeloc.aspx

[JCS]

Hi Chris,

The Batteries Plus on line store, the Sanyo CR14250SE, cannot be ordered on line, and it is not listed.

I called them, and you have to special order it from your local BP store.

The location closest to me will take an order over the phone, but they cannot do the soldering.

[Ralph in Socal]

Jay,

Try the BP store on Imperial Hwy in Brea/Fullerton (?) as they did my SI board for me. It was an overnight job as they wanted to "condition" the batteries (charge them overnight) before installing. Job done and shipped back to me in the High desert for less than $20.

Ralph

[JCS]

Ralph,

Thanks for the info!