odometer/trip meter dead

[Al S]

Max,
Here are the sites for repair of the IC or just the gear. Plus Huh's great 
fix-it yourself site.
http://www.instrumentclusters.com/odometer-gear.html#troubleshoot
http://www.instrumentclusters.com/  Both belong to Southern Electronics Inc, 
Richmond, VA.

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/odometer.htm#pix

Al
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Max Hoepli" <mhoepli at vif.com>
To: <audi at humanspeakers.com>; "'Al S'" <streichea001 at hawaii.rr.com>
Cc: "'Quattro'" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 2:21 PM
Subject: RE: odometer/trip meter dead


>I would like to likewise repair my odometer meter which stopped at 289,000
> km, replaced with other speedometer/tacho unit, compensate with excel 
> file.
>
> Where to repair so that odometer will continue turning over?
>
>
> Max
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Huw Powell
> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 19:40
> To: Al S
> Cc: Quattro
> Subject: Re: odometer/trip meter dead
>
>
>
>> I know by reading here in the forum, that it is a gear that has
>> broken. The speedometer still works.  I know it affects the cruise
>> control, but that isn't used.
>
> I don't think it affects the cruise control, that interacts with the
> speedo, not the odo.
>
>> Will it affect anything else, if I do nothing about fixing the gear?
>>  If I get brave,I will try to fix it, thanks to Huh's instructions.
>
> While it can be scary if you've never had your inst cluster out, it's
> really not that hard to replace that gear.  And I think I took pictures
> of every single step, or at least, I hope I did!
>
> -- 
> Huw Powell
>
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