[jimdanforth]

ON random occassions, my clock will reset and blink until I set the time/date. It's very annoying since I've left it blinking for as much as 10 days and on "january 10th" I set it for the correct date, only to leave in the morning to find it's January 1.
Always happens on startup, and I can't seem to determine what cmobination of events causes it to reset. Is there a seperate battery that I'm missing?
Funny that the service miles always remember, but the date/time resets.
JimD

[ZJzilla]

I'd suspect dirty battery terminals.

Does she ever crank and start slowly in the morning? It's happened to me until I got the connections cleaned.

[jimdanforth]

Nope. Spins right over. Has almost new battery, and nice clean and coated terminals and connections.

[Technohead]

You could always rip out the VIC and throw it in the trash.

But I agree with the bad connection theory. If not the battery then perhaps ground, starter, etc.

[rlcii77]

Mine does the same thing. I think it's the wiring to the VIC or there's a possibility it could be those bad solder joints that haunt these VIC's. If I fix mine, I'll post my findings here.