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It was worth a shot. If successful, it would have cost me $52 plus gov't mandated shop supplies and tax for a Tech2 re-programming. If not, it would cost me around $350-$400 for a new SID installed. Final: $392.66 plus $4.50 for a 10mm Torx socket and $2.50 for the radio pulling tools from Walmart, plus about $4.00 for various foam and felt tapes I intended to use if I got that far.
Our UK friend's site on this subject was very helpful, along with the several good tips and tricks contributed by others, all of which can be found by doing a search of this board. Here's the link to subject site:
http://www.users.waitrose.com/~randmwilliams/index.html
Here are a few more tips and tricks that may be helpful, or at least interesting:
1. The radio unit came out rather easily with the DIN tools. I noticed it was made by Pioneer - very well designed with all connections as chassis socket/plugs - no wires or cables.
2. Now I could get to the SID better to pull it out, which did take considerable hefting as noted by others. Stick with it, be gentle but firm. It will come out eventually.
3. SID connector has a latch on one side and a hook/hinge on the other. Undo the latch and carefully "rotate" the connector out of its socket.
4. You need a size 10 (mm) Torx wrench to remove the four screws of the SID cover.
5. The cover is in two pieces. I had to carefully pop off the top piece adjacent to the connector before the SID assembly would slide out of the rest of the cover.
6. Our friend's instructions caution to CAREFULLY unplug the pin connector holding the vertial disply unit to the horizontal PCB. This connector is on the left side of the display as you would be looking at it. Well, I wasn't careful enough. When it came undone, the adhesive holding the ribbon connector between the display and the horizontal PCB let go approximately 90% across the connector.
7. It looked like my ribbon connector was shorter than the one in the site photos. I don't believe I would have had enough working slack to do the job successfully anyhow.
8. On my way to NAPA to by the Torx socket, with no SID, I noticed my turn signal had no clicking sound - it comes from the small speaker in the SID. Also my steering wheel audio volume control was inoperable.
With 111,000 miles over 4.5 years, I'm OK with a SID replacement. It's been slowly dying for over a year. This car is still way more dependable than the three Bonnevilles I drove before it, and there's no comparison regarding utility, preformance, safety, ride, features and fun.
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