bremney

HI! I had the same problem with my 92 sc400. The lights would flicker when the brake was pressed and also the dash would flicker with the signal light flashing ;) This really bothered me. I read back on many posts (thanks to all for great posting :D ) and found one or two that meantioned grounding. Well I first checked the battery, it was badly corroded. I cleaned that up and the problem was about 75% better. It was also mentioned on a post to check body grounding. Mine is badly rusted (Canadian car ) and that will be my next step to clean that up...I figure that should solve the problem.

My experience with the 12 CD changer (sc400). I thought it nice to try and stay with stock. I also love the sound of it...almost. I had two problems, first, the thing skipped like crazy and if it was a bit cold forget it Second, I found the base response poor from the cd yet great from the radio???? I thought I would take it apart and clean the lazer.....this worked very well. There was a very fine coating of dust on it. Now no more skipping, well maybe if I jumped a bridge or something.. :) I tried adjusting the six pots, one at a time, carefully with it apart in the trunk to try and boost the base reponse. Uhmm these are very sensative and one must be carefull. Well if I adjusted some too far they would send the player into "err" or "open". I would restart the CD and re-adjust and got it back. After !Removed! around for a long time I did nothing for the base :( I assume the adjustments are for speed etc. I also noticed a small reset button inside where the cartrage goes and reset the unit each time the power was off.....not really sure what it did axactly. So far the coldest has been about 12 deg F and it worked fine and plays computer burnt CDs as well :)

I just purchased a new LCD screen from Lextreme (sc400). Price $170.00 + shipping. There is some soldering involved and kinda handy to have a "soldersucker" to remove the old screen. It took about 2 weeks to get it and after I installed it, it works beautifully :D Nice to at least see if I am in Auto mode and the temperature setpoint :)

I am new to this sight with new, old 1992 SC400. :D I am not rich so I save money and repair myself as much as possible. The body is like new but my highbeam and headlight covers were discolored and pitted. Here is what I did to make them look new again! - tape around the headlight covers to protect the paint. - using an ORBITAL sander, sand down the covers with 600 grit emery cloth sand paper. They will look really bad after you do this. :o - using a damp CLEAN rag use some metal polish (I use Silvo or Brasso available at grociery stores) and put the rag under the orbital sander and polish the covers. If you have a small handheld orbital polisher this would work great also. The cans of polish are small so you might want to get a few to do all covers. I never tried a buffing compound because I know the results I get with the polish I use. I already knew it worked. -polish until it looks like new. This is time consuming (takes a while to polish) but it is worth it. You might have to repeat the steps again if your not happy with the results the first time. Of course it will not remove deep nicks etc. I have finished the drivers side highbeam and headlight covers already and they look fantastic. The headlight cover was slightly brownish and I got rid of that too. My drivers side turning light also had a large 1 inch scratch throught it (someone hit a curb I guess) and I started with a 320 grit, then 600 grit then polish and it looks like new also. This method will also polish up any plastic cover to remove small scratches as long as the plastic is not too soft. You can also polish light scratches in your paint quite easily with the sander and polish only. My ac display is toast. I came across this site that sells just the display unit for approx $170.00. If your handy this is pretty cheap. I already had mine out and its not that big a deal. I'm gonna get one and see what happens. http://www.lextreme.com/lcdtech.html sorry if this was already posted.