odometer/trip meter dead

[Al S]

I have had my cluster out many times, to repair broken ign. switch and lock 
cylinder. I have never taken the speedo off the cluster, but what the heck. 
Only one way to find out.

Thanks Huw, sorry I misspelled your name.


Al
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Huw Powell" <audi at humanspeakers.com>
To: "Al S" <streichea001 at hawaii.rr.com>
Cc: "Quattro" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 1:39 PM
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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