UrS4 list and bouncy speedo

[rob]

Thanks john, S-car list now joined.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Cody Forbes" <cody at 5000tq.com>
To: "rob" <rob3 at hod3.fsnet.co.uk>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: UrS4 list and bouncy speedo



Well there is the Audifans S-car-list which you will find on the same page 
you used to subscribe to this one. There's also a big urS following at 
Audiworld. Once on our S-list ask the same question, those guys have many 
many trusted sources. Oh, s-cars.org is one too.

-Cody (mobile)

On Sep 11, 2010, at 7:49 AM, "rob" <rob3 at hod3.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>
>  Hi gang,
>
> Can anyone tell me what the best UrS4 resources are? I've been on this 
> list for ages, but never ventured to seek out others and now need to know 
> about this model.
>
> Incidentally my own saga of broken odo / bouncy speedo is this, - Odo 
> breaks at 207K and thanks to this list and Huw, I now have the cluster in 
> pieces waiting upon a new gear from the guys in VA.
>
> Meanwhile I sourced a replacement cluster to keep the car mobile. 
> Interestingly this one has a better functioning Autocheck, but non 
> illuminating digi-time-clock, and the whilst the odo works the speedo's 
> normal mode is bouncy. I say that as very occaisionally it works right, 
> and this coincides with the cruise working normally.
>
> When in bouncy needle mode the cruise will not latch on. According to 
> Huw's site one of the pins on the speedo is a cruise output, so I wondered 
> if a poor/dirty contact here might cause a reflection of the cruise output 
> to shunt back into the speedo coils and bounce it. BTW my needle bounce 
> has a freq of around 1Hz.
>
> Incidentally I found springing the old needle pointer off was rather 
> destructive - the black center bezel shattered off a bit and there is a 
> pot metal counterwieght that now needs gluing back on. I think I should 
> get a presentable result, but am open to advice on what glue is best to 
> use, and also what methods folks have of removing it with less brute 
> leverage? (as If I ever intend doing this job again!)
>
> Cheers Rob.
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