# HUD back to life

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hud-back-to-life/124638>\
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [May 20, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hud-back-to-life/124638 "2009-05-20T14:55:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![minimum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@minimum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/minimum)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hud-back-to-life/124638/1 "2009-05-20T14:55:23Z")

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For the past 3 years now my hud wouldn’t come on when its cold out. After the car warms up it would finally light up. So over the weekend I decided to try to fix it. I followed this post:

> **[How to:Repair 240sx digital speedometer with HUD. - NICO Club](http://nicoclub.com/archives/how-torepair-240sx-digital-speedometer-with-hud.html)**
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> by Aaron Longenecker Overview: This repair focuses on trouble-shooting one specific component on the electronic module, a capacitor.That is the one thing that has failed in other units too. Please note that this repair requires skill at soldering, a...

  
It actually works now. I left for work at 6am tuesday morning and it lit up right away. Havn’t had a single problem since. Its kind of a pain in the ass to solder it, but definitely worth it. Now i actually know how fast im going 🙂

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**Author:** ![Gatecrasher3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gatecrasher3/32/5617_2.png) [@Gatecrasher3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gatecrasher3)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hud-back-to-life/124638/2 "2009-05-28T06:10:49Z")

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my hud does not work, as well as none of my dash lights or odometer/trip. did you have the same problem or was it just your hud not working?

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**Author:** ![minimum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@minimum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/minimum)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hud-back-to-life/124638/3 "2009-05-28T09:07:30Z")

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it was the whole dash not lighting up. and yeah the odometer didn’t work either.