The clock that is built into my dash is not working ive tried checking the fuses and even had my Toyota Master tech friend check it out. We can not figure it out to save our lives. Any of you think you know what the problem is?

 

Anything else not working?

 

Everything else is working except for the clock

 

Maybe its broken.

 

Assuming you've checked that you've got a plug and power to it...
The clock in my 96 4Runner had cracked solder at one of the resistors. A windy post from my build thread, including the link that inspired the fix (there's another link in that talking about the resistors). I personally did not remove my pins as stated in the link, I don't know that I have the patience to try it that way and even then, the cracked solder spot was my particular problem:

96 4Runner 231,000 miles

Ok, this is Scuba's fault. I was going to get around to this eventually but my lazy butt got called out so....

Clock fix:
Sorry, no pics. The husbandio has the camera so just use your imagination...

My clock has become dimmer and dimmer, more recently with some parts unseeable and then coming back as it saw fit. I said to myself "self, bad connection, I need to get around to fixing that".
Then I saw this thread- https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f131...ou-too-242827/ and whined about how I need to get this done sometime between cv shafts. Scuba kindly reminded me that cv shafts only take a half hour and he is correct if you don't include stopping for homework, dinner, banged up knees, pad of paper to write tickets, laundry, etc etc.
So here is my write-up for fixing my clock in the 96:

1) Get home from taking kid to school
2) Pull 1 larger flat blade screw driver, 1 phillips driver, 1 small flat blade and 1 very small phillips driver from tool box.
3) Pull climate control knobs off
4) use lg flat blade to carefully pry climate control panel from dash, using upper slots and remembering that a/c button is plugged in directly and must also come out.
5) Unscrew the 2 screws behind panel that hold trim on but not the 2 that hold climate control mechanism in.
6) Trim will now pull away from dash.
7) Unplug clock, carefully use small flat screwdriver to pry clock out of its holder.
8) Bring inside, find strongest reading glasses.
9) Realize eyes have gotten worse and vow to stop by Target to get stronger ones for this kind of work.
10) Go downstairs and get small soldering iron
11) Remember you forgot to switch laundry over.
12) Bring whites upstairs
13) Run back down and put reds in dryer.
14) Notice slight dead animal smell downstairs
15) Bring soldering iron upstairs then go outside and check house overhang that you've already repaired twice.
16) Find the hole creatures have made to get into house.
17) Repair hole.
18) Come inside, plug in soldering iron.
19) Use small flat blade to take front plastic off clock. Watch out for the 3 buttons and 3 button covers as these could fall off and go who knows where.
20) Use very small phillips to uscrew 2 screws holding circuit board to the backing.
21) Be VERY careful when you pull these apart. There are 4 small springs you don't want to lose on 4 small blades.
22) I pulled the springs out a little to make them longer so I'd have better contact.
23) Then I picked up the soldering iron and realized 7 cups of coffee (been up since 3 am) are not favorable for soldering on circuit boards but dang it, I'm gonna get this finished! Also re-vow to get stronger readers- the board is pretty blurry.
24) I carefully carefully repaired a slightly cracked solder at one of the resistors (? larger squares on circuit board) on the circuit board, then went over the other 3 as well.
25) Then I added a little solder to each of the contact areas on the board for the springs because there was some wear there.
26) put clock back together making sure springs had good contact with board
27) plugged back into truck
28) turned on and checked. I have the time again and the lighting's all even!
29) clipped clock back into trim panel
30) pushed panel back into place, screwed screws back in, put climate control panel/ a/c button back into place, put knobs back on.
31) Came in and wrote lengthy ridiculous story about it and now I've gotta get ready for work.

So Scuba:

Actually, thanks for guilting me into getting it done.