Are 4kq speedo heads repairable?

[Doug Johnson]

'87 has a mechanical speedo.
A trip computer could account for wires in some
instrument clusters...

Regards,

 -  Doug
Ur-quattro at msn.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Buchholz" <urquattro at telocity.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: Are 4kq speedo heads repairable?


> ... I've never seen under the hood of an '87 4kQ
so I can't say, but I know the '86 4kQ is cable too.
I've got to say that having an electronic speedo and
a cable odo has got to be a new one for me and Audis
... and I thought I'd pretty much seen it all!
>
> All the electronic speedo/odos I've seen simply
install a sending unit where otherwise the cable
would attach on the transaxle ... so your '87 would
have to have some sort of adapter in that location
that allowed a cable to be attached as well as
having the sending unit ... correct?
>
> I knew the Type 44s of similar vintage had either
electronic or mechanical speedos depending upon
whether it was a turbo or not (or perhaps it was
quattro or not) ...
>
> Steve Buchholz
> San Jose, CA (USA)
> >
> > this is not the case on my car, (87 4kq) I
thought it is safe to say
> > that the '86 is the same. The there are two
inputs into the unit, a
> > cable for the odometer, and two wires for the
speedometer. The '85's and
> > before the may have a mechanical speedo, I don't
know, but the
> > speedometers in the 87's are clearly
electronically controlled. (The
> > speedo works just fine without a odometer cable
connected)