re. 200 odometer stopped!

[Swann, Benjamin R. (BSWANN)]

Perhaps I can take some pics with my fabulous low res vidio capture
technique.

Whan I get a chance, I'll take one of each spare and photo the failing
components.  A Knurled shaft with C-clip with proper gear would be great.
It is a design flaw IMO - there should have been a c-clip there when these
things were manufactured.  Every one of these I've taken  apart has failed
in basically the same manner.  Curses and expletives to the OXY sensor
service warning mechanism too!

The 5000/200 gear is easy to fix, but a metal or stronger plastic gear would
help keep from failing again, at least in the same place.  The gear teeth
seem to just get wiped clean off the gear.

Does give one a good excuse to replace all of the burnt out bulbs though.

Ben
Cuatro Quattros

-----Original Message-----
From: David Head [mailto:v8q at bellsouth.net]
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 11:27 AM
To: Swann, Benjamin R. (BSWANN); Cobram .
Subject: Re: re. 200 odometer stopped!


If you can describe exactly what fails on the 4Kq/80/90, Cobram is going to
see
about the possibility of manufacturing a knurled shaft for that piece, along
with the correct gear for the 200q odometers...

"Swann, Benjamin R. (BSWANN)" wrote:

> Eyvind,
>
> If it is like the one in the earlier Type 44 (specifically '87 5000 cs TQ)
> and I think it is, the fix is not too difficult.  Remove the cluster.
> Remove Speedo assembly.  There is a gear on one side that has probably
> disintegrated that needs replacement - ususally a couple of teeth have
come
> off.  Take the gear to a hobby shop and find an exact replacement.
> Reaassemble and you are good to go.
>
> This is different than the typical 4000 odo failure, which involves a
shaft
> and worm gear, and is a bit easier to fix than the 4000 design.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ben
>
> [The odometer in my '90 200q stopped at 160990 km.. It just quit
> working. The speedometer works just fine. How can I fix the odometer?
> It's nice to have a working one.. I'm not in the fraud business.. :-)
>
> I searched the archives, but didn't find any info about this on the
> late cars, except the resoldering when the speedo quits working. I've
> never experienced this, so I tend to believe this ain't the reason the
> odometer stopped..]