Instrument cluster repairs (UK)
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Re: Instrument cluster repairs (UK)
"Grimly Curmudgeon" <grimlycurmudgeon683@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember "Don Turner"
> <leavemealone@nospam.com> saying something like:
>
> >Thanks Dave, However they are a mileage correction company. I've called
> >about 6 of these types of companies in London and the South East (e.g.
> >dashtoctor, dashtech, speedofixer etc..) and none of them are prepared to
> >carry out any sort of repair on a cluster, they just fix the mileage.
>
> http://www.speedometer.com/services.html
>
> -> speedometer repairs .uk <- in google.
Cool Austin Texas
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Re: Instrument cluster repairs (UK)
"Grimly Curmudgeon" <grimlycurmudgeon683@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember "Don Turner"
> <leavemealone@nospam.com> saying something like:
>
> >Thanks Dave, However they are a mileage correction company. I've called
> >about 6 of these types of companies in London and the South East (e.g.
> >dashtoctor, dashtech, speedofixer etc..) and none of them are prepared to
> >carry out any sort of repair on a cluster, they just fix the mileage.
>
> http://www.speedometer.com/services.html
>
> -> speedometer repairs .uk <- in google.
Cool Austin Texas
#43
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Re: Instrument cluster repairs (UK)
"Grimly Curmudgeon" <grimlycurmudgeon683@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:7c4a91la8bpmo8h8gosli31jq1dhao1nlo@4ax.com...
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember "Don Turner"
> <leavemealone@nospam.com> saying something like:
>
> >Thanks Dave, However they are a mileage correction company. I've called
> >about 6 of these types of companies in London and the South East (e.g.
> >dashtoctor, dashtech, speedofixer etc..) and none of them are prepared to
> >carry out any sort of repair on a cluster, they just fix the mileage.
>
> http://www.speedometer.com/services.html
>
> -> speedometer repairs .uk <- in google.
Cool Austin Texas
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Re: Instrument cluster repairs (UK)
On Thu, 26 May 2005 01:06:39 +0100, Antonio Carlini <arcarlini@iee.org>
wrote:
> Don Turner wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a company based in the UK who can repair a fault on
>> an Audi instrument cluster. I've isolated the fault down to either a
>> dry solder joint somewhere on the PCB or a failing component because
>> the cluster only works on warm days or when the heater in the cabin is
>> switched on.
>
> On every car (err ... both) that I've done any cluster
> repair work on, the hardest part has been to remove the
> cluster in a manner that allows replacement after effecting
> the repair!
>
> Assuming that you can get past this stage, fixing a bad
> solder joint should be child's play!
>
> I would think that getting the cluster out, playing
> with it on the bench and putting it back would be a
> good couple of hours work. So you will not see much
> change out of £100. Even on my Vectra the dealer
> wanted something near that (including VAT) when
> the odometer stopped being visible.
>
> 83p for a bulb and a few hours cursing turned out
> to be a much better idea!
>
> Since I knew that getting the cluster out was going
> to be "fun", I picked up a new clock/radio/temp
> display panel from a scrappie for about £12 so
> that got done at the same time. (The faulty unit
> I sold to someone who offers to repair such units
> ... so in fact the replacement was about free ...
> which is £80 less than the dealer quoted for the
> part!).
>
> I don't know how many scrapped Audis of the right
> type there might be, or how many revs of the
> cluster there might be, but you might find that
> to be a reasonable route to go down. Practising
> cluster-removal on a scrapped car certainly helped
> me optimise the technique when tackling my own
> vehicle!
>
> Antonio
>
THe immobilisers in the cluster , which makes it a bit trickier.
wrote:
> Don Turner wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a company based in the UK who can repair a fault on
>> an Audi instrument cluster. I've isolated the fault down to either a
>> dry solder joint somewhere on the PCB or a failing component because
>> the cluster only works on warm days or when the heater in the cabin is
>> switched on.
>
> On every car (err ... both) that I've done any cluster
> repair work on, the hardest part has been to remove the
> cluster in a manner that allows replacement after effecting
> the repair!
>
> Assuming that you can get past this stage, fixing a bad
> solder joint should be child's play!
>
> I would think that getting the cluster out, playing
> with it on the bench and putting it back would be a
> good couple of hours work. So you will not see much
> change out of £100. Even on my Vectra the dealer
> wanted something near that (including VAT) when
> the odometer stopped being visible.
>
> 83p for a bulb and a few hours cursing turned out
> to be a much better idea!
>
> Since I knew that getting the cluster out was going
> to be "fun", I picked up a new clock/radio/temp
> display panel from a scrappie for about £12 so
> that got done at the same time. (The faulty unit
> I sold to someone who offers to repair such units
> ... so in fact the replacement was about free ...
> which is £80 less than the dealer quoted for the
> part!).
>
> I don't know how many scrapped Audis of the right
> type there might be, or how many revs of the
> cluster there might be, but you might find that
> to be a reasonable route to go down. Practising
> cluster-removal on a scrapped car certainly helped
> me optimise the technique when tackling my own
> vehicle!
>
> Antonio
>
THe immobilisers in the cluster , which makes it a bit trickier.
#45
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Re: Instrument cluster repairs (UK)
On Thu, 26 May 2005 01:06:39 +0100, Antonio Carlini <arcarlini@iee.org>
wrote:
> Don Turner wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a company based in the UK who can repair a fault on
>> an Audi instrument cluster. I've isolated the fault down to either a
>> dry solder joint somewhere on the PCB or a failing component because
>> the cluster only works on warm days or when the heater in the cabin is
>> switched on.
>
> On every car (err ... both) that I've done any cluster
> repair work on, the hardest part has been to remove the
> cluster in a manner that allows replacement after effecting
> the repair!
>
> Assuming that you can get past this stage, fixing a bad
> solder joint should be child's play!
>
> I would think that getting the cluster out, playing
> with it on the bench and putting it back would be a
> good couple of hours work. So you will not see much
> change out of £100. Even on my Vectra the dealer
> wanted something near that (including VAT) when
> the odometer stopped being visible.
>
> 83p for a bulb and a few hours cursing turned out
> to be a much better idea!
>
> Since I knew that getting the cluster out was going
> to be "fun", I picked up a new clock/radio/temp
> display panel from a scrappie for about £12 so
> that got done at the same time. (The faulty unit
> I sold to someone who offers to repair such units
> ... so in fact the replacement was about free ...
> which is £80 less than the dealer quoted for the
> part!).
>
> I don't know how many scrapped Audis of the right
> type there might be, or how many revs of the
> cluster there might be, but you might find that
> to be a reasonable route to go down. Practising
> cluster-removal on a scrapped car certainly helped
> me optimise the technique when tackling my own
> vehicle!
>
> Antonio
>
THe immobilisers in the cluster , which makes it a bit trickier.
wrote:
> Don Turner wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a company based in the UK who can repair a fault on
>> an Audi instrument cluster. I've isolated the fault down to either a
>> dry solder joint somewhere on the PCB or a failing component because
>> the cluster only works on warm days or when the heater in the cabin is
>> switched on.
>
> On every car (err ... both) that I've done any cluster
> repair work on, the hardest part has been to remove the
> cluster in a manner that allows replacement after effecting
> the repair!
>
> Assuming that you can get past this stage, fixing a bad
> solder joint should be child's play!
>
> I would think that getting the cluster out, playing
> with it on the bench and putting it back would be a
> good couple of hours work. So you will not see much
> change out of £100. Even on my Vectra the dealer
> wanted something near that (including VAT) when
> the odometer stopped being visible.
>
> 83p for a bulb and a few hours cursing turned out
> to be a much better idea!
>
> Since I knew that getting the cluster out was going
> to be "fun", I picked up a new clock/radio/temp
> display panel from a scrappie for about £12 so
> that got done at the same time. (The faulty unit
> I sold to someone who offers to repair such units
> ... so in fact the replacement was about free ...
> which is £80 less than the dealer quoted for the
> part!).
>
> I don't know how many scrapped Audis of the right
> type there might be, or how many revs of the
> cluster there might be, but you might find that
> to be a reasonable route to go down. Practising
> cluster-removal on a scrapped car certainly helped
> me optimise the technique when tackling my own
> vehicle!
>
> Antonio
>
THe immobilisers in the cluster , which makes it a bit trickier.
#46
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Re: Instrument cluster repairs (UK)
On Thu, 26 May 2005 01:06:39 +0100, Antonio Carlini <arcarlini@iee.org>
wrote:
> Don Turner wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a company based in the UK who can repair a fault on
>> an Audi instrument cluster. I've isolated the fault down to either a
>> dry solder joint somewhere on the PCB or a failing component because
>> the cluster only works on warm days or when the heater in the cabin is
>> switched on.
>
> On every car (err ... both) that I've done any cluster
> repair work on, the hardest part has been to remove the
> cluster in a manner that allows replacement after effecting
> the repair!
>
> Assuming that you can get past this stage, fixing a bad
> solder joint should be child's play!
>
> I would think that getting the cluster out, playing
> with it on the bench and putting it back would be a
> good couple of hours work. So you will not see much
> change out of £100. Even on my Vectra the dealer
> wanted something near that (including VAT) when
> the odometer stopped being visible.
>
> 83p for a bulb and a few hours cursing turned out
> to be a much better idea!
>
> Since I knew that getting the cluster out was going
> to be "fun", I picked up a new clock/radio/temp
> display panel from a scrappie for about £12 so
> that got done at the same time. (The faulty unit
> I sold to someone who offers to repair such units
> ... so in fact the replacement was about free ...
> which is £80 less than the dealer quoted for the
> part!).
>
> I don't know how many scrapped Audis of the right
> type there might be, or how many revs of the
> cluster there might be, but you might find that
> to be a reasonable route to go down. Practising
> cluster-removal on a scrapped car certainly helped
> me optimise the technique when tackling my own
> vehicle!
>
> Antonio
>
THe immobilisers in the cluster , which makes it a bit trickier.
wrote:
> Don Turner wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a company based in the UK who can repair a fault on
>> an Audi instrument cluster. I've isolated the fault down to either a
>> dry solder joint somewhere on the PCB or a failing component because
>> the cluster only works on warm days or when the heater in the cabin is
>> switched on.
>
> On every car (err ... both) that I've done any cluster
> repair work on, the hardest part has been to remove the
> cluster in a manner that allows replacement after effecting
> the repair!
>
> Assuming that you can get past this stage, fixing a bad
> solder joint should be child's play!
>
> I would think that getting the cluster out, playing
> with it on the bench and putting it back would be a
> good couple of hours work. So you will not see much
> change out of £100. Even on my Vectra the dealer
> wanted something near that (including VAT) when
> the odometer stopped being visible.
>
> 83p for a bulb and a few hours cursing turned out
> to be a much better idea!
>
> Since I knew that getting the cluster out was going
> to be "fun", I picked up a new clock/radio/temp
> display panel from a scrappie for about £12 so
> that got done at the same time. (The faulty unit
> I sold to someone who offers to repair such units
> ... so in fact the replacement was about free ...
> which is £80 less than the dealer quoted for the
> part!).
>
> I don't know how many scrapped Audis of the right
> type there might be, or how many revs of the
> cluster there might be, but you might find that
> to be a reasonable route to go down. Practising
> cluster-removal on a scrapped car certainly helped
> me optimise the technique when tackling my own
> vehicle!
>
> Antonio
>
THe immobilisers in the cluster , which makes it a bit trickier.
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Re: Instrument cluster repairs (UK)
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Grimly Curmudgeon <grimlycurmudgeon683@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dave
> SE6a
.... as in Reliant Scimitar? Don't see many around these days. I sold
my SE5a in 1990, after ten years ownership, and sometimes wish I hadn't.
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Grimly Curmudgeon <grimlycurmudgeon683@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dave
> SE6a
.... as in Reliant Scimitar? Don't see many around these days. I sold
my SE5a in 1990, after ten years ownership, and sometimes wish I hadn't.
--
Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with 'bellfamily')
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In message <7c4a91la8bpmo8h8gosli31jq1dhao1nlo@4ax.com>
Grimly Curmudgeon <grimlycurmudgeon683@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dave
> SE6a
.... as in Reliant Scimitar? Don't see many around these days. I sold
my SE5a in 1990, after ten years ownership, and sometimes wish I hadn't.
--
Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with 'bellfamily')
Grimly Curmudgeon <grimlycurmudgeon683@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dave
> SE6a
.... as in Reliant Scimitar? Don't see many around these days. I sold
my SE5a in 1990, after ten years ownership, and sometimes wish I hadn't.
--
Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with 'bellfamily')
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Re: Instrument cluster repairs (UK)
In message <7c4a91la8bpmo8h8gosli31jq1dhao1nlo@4ax.com>
Grimly Curmudgeon <grimlycurmudgeon683@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dave
> SE6a
.... as in Reliant Scimitar? Don't see many around these days. I sold
my SE5a in 1990, after ten years ownership, and sometimes wish I hadn't.
--
Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with 'bellfamily')
Grimly Curmudgeon <grimlycurmudgeon683@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dave
> SE6a
.... as in Reliant Scimitar? Don't see many around these days. I sold
my SE5a in 1990, after ten years ownership, and sometimes wish I hadn't.
--
Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with 'bellfamily')
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Re: Instrument cluster repairs (UK)
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Antonio Carlini <arcarlini@iee.org> wrote:
> On every car (err ... both) that I've done any cluster
> repair work on, the hardest part has been to remove the
> cluster in a manner that allows replacement after effecting
> the repair!
Shouldn't be a problem with an Audi - I can take the cluster out of my
RS6 and put it back again in less than ten minutes. Unclip one cover
plate, remove two screws, withdraw cluster, unplug three connectors. As
a Haynes manual would say, 'Refitting is a reversal of the removal
procedure'.
--
Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with 'bellfamily')
Antonio Carlini <arcarlini@iee.org> wrote:
> On every car (err ... both) that I've done any cluster
> repair work on, the hardest part has been to remove the
> cluster in a manner that allows replacement after effecting
> the repair!
Shouldn't be a problem with an Audi - I can take the cluster out of my
RS6 and put it back again in less than ten minutes. Unclip one cover
plate, remove two screws, withdraw cluster, unplug three connectors. As
a Haynes manual would say, 'Refitting is a reversal of the removal
procedure'.
--
Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with 'bellfamily')