Dan
New member
Hi guys
I recently found myself a Hard Drivin' cockpit after much searching (not many of them left in the UK).
There are a couple of problems with it that I'd like to get sorted out though:
1) The zeropower and timekeeper SRAM chips are dead. I read Jed Margolin's procedure for replacing the battery cells embedded in them and decided that sounded a bit too complicated, but he also says you can get away with removing both chips and replacing with new zeropower chips (you do lose the clock/calendar function of the timekeeper, but that doesn't bother me). Is there a particular chip that's recommended as a replacement, which is still easily available? And are the original chips socketed or will I have to desolder them (I haven't looked closely at the PCB yet).
2) The brake pedal is faulty - brake sometimes kicks in even when you're not touching it, and tends to stick on after you press and release it. I'm going to remove the pedal assembly over the weekend to have a better look at it, but is there any common or obvious things I should be looking for with this?
thanks
Danny
I recently found myself a Hard Drivin' cockpit after much searching (not many of them left in the UK).
There are a couple of problems with it that I'd like to get sorted out though:
1) The zeropower and timekeeper SRAM chips are dead. I read Jed Margolin's procedure for replacing the battery cells embedded in them and decided that sounded a bit too complicated, but he also says you can get away with removing both chips and replacing with new zeropower chips (you do lose the clock/calendar function of the timekeeper, but that doesn't bother me). Is there a particular chip that's recommended as a replacement, which is still easily available? And are the original chips socketed or will I have to desolder them (I haven't looked closely at the PCB yet).
2) The brake pedal is faulty - brake sometimes kicks in even when you're not touching it, and tends to stick on after you press and release it. I'm going to remove the pedal assembly over the weekend to have a better look at it, but is there any common or obvious things I should be looking for with this?
thanks
Danny
