[urq] CGT Digital Cluster
Eric Renneisen
racingiron at comcast.net
Mon May 14 21:42:06 EDT 2007
Speaking of instrument clusters... I picked up an '86 CGT just for the
straight driver's door (don't ask). Anyway, it's got the digital
cluster, but it's dead. I took it apart to try to diagnose. The most
obvious problem is where the ribbon cables connect to the LCD glass. It
appears that the contact points have worn off the glass. Anyone know of
a satisfactory way to restore these? I'm thinking maybe a thin coat of
electrically conductive nail polish...
Of course, there may be other issues with this thing. The idiot lights
work, but the contacts for the big 4.5W halogen bulbs for the LCDs don't
show any voltage. I have dreams of putting this thing in the urq. I
know, it looks cheesy, but somehow it just fits with the vintage. Oh,
another cool thing the CGT has is an original Blaupunkt (Portland?)
aftermarket head unit. It's virtually identical to the original Audi
unit.
Eric R.
'86 urq
'93 urS
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