[V8] IC possible open wire

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Yes, please let us know how it works out.  I never even got the chance to
remove the IC over the weekend.  BTW, I've heard of the stressed/stretched
ribbon cable before -- but that was on a '91 200q20v.

Ingo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <dsaad at icehouse.net>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:33 PM
Subject: [V8] IC possible open wire


> The weather is bad today - and I was bored so I completly tore apart my
cluster. This is no job for
> wimps. Anyway, I found an interconnect ribbon cable that connects what I
assume is the trip
> computer circuit board and the rear black circuit board. It looks like
there was a manufacturing
> defect in the way they assemble the IC. (which may explain why so many
people have similar wierd
> problems with the cluster)
> Two pins fell off the ribbon cable after I took it apart (de-soldered)
which leads me to believe I
> found the real source of the intermittant.
> The only way to take this apart is to de-solder the ribbon, and the
factories assemply process
> seems to put a lot of pressure on the ribbon. Re-assembly was a size large
PITA but if my
> hypothesis is correct, my troubles are over. The way I rebuilt it there is
no pressure anymore.
>
> I will report the results in a few days. I should get a quick answer as my
speedo was crapping out
> every time I drove the car. It would always start off working then stop
after about 10 minutes.
>
> Dave
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