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Please note that it might be sufficient to use Google Maps or any GPS based speed measuring device to check the accuracy of the cluster. If it's less than +7 mph off it's still in an acceptable range. The need for re-calibration normally comes up if the calibration pots have been touched before...

Unfortunately there is no standard fix but all parts that are still available can be ordered from digikey or mouser.

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Around march, a cluster from France arrived with the famous "permanent brake system warning" and about 70.000 km of roads travelled. Using the tester, the issue was confirmed quickly. RPM values were ~500 too high, speed about 10 km/h too much. Illumination bulbs were darkened but all working -...

Technical spoken, it should be drivable. Besides some very basic logic functionality. The cluster is mostly a passive device that displays information and provides very little functionality on its own.

Usually around a few hundred Euro but the chances of success are roughly 50/50 (due to age and damage from capacitor leakage) and considering the costs for shipping/tax to and from the USA it's often uneconomical from outside the EU, to be truely honest ..

These adapter PCBs were readily available from eBay - no PCB design work this time 😉

Old post but created a little write-up on successfully replacing Q9 and Q10 with matching SMD transistors and adapter PCBs: http://www.nsxcb.co.uk/entry.php?2751-Climate-Control-Unit-%28CCU%29-Repair&comments

By the way, the orange display of the NSX is created (at least on the radio) by a filter on top of a bright blue/green display.

The CCU is certainly special but I'm wondering if the Honda Prelude clock might have the same VFD display as the NSX clock?

I'm not an expert on vacuum tubes (that's what VFDs are) but general assumption is like stated above, a temporary measure. For the radio there would be a way (not exactly simple) to overheat the filament but the clock or CCU hasn't been investigated in this regard.

Good to know that dimming works. It's a bit unusual to have them dim that much over lifetime but I'm not aware of a way to make them brighter again, besides replacing, since it's simply wear of the phosphor coating.

Some technical background: Both the CCU (Climate Control Unit) and the clock (and the radio btw.) use Vacuum Fluorescent Displays (VFDs). They are fundamentally different from LCD and have no general backlight illumination bulbs. Both modules have a dimming mode controlled by the illumination...

Hi Sergio, I'm a bit surprised about a radio that is missing these parts. The transformer has only two pins, so it's a coil, probably for transient suppression. For testing purpose you can replace it with a piece of wire. The Diodes are voltage stabilizer Zener diodes. ZD803 is 3,0 V ZD806...

Besides spares, it you might consider getting your amplifiers, CCU, radio and gauge cluster re-capped before they fail.