[V8] Catastrophe (well, sort of)

[NIck Miller]

I have two or three clusters sitting around from my old v8 that I can
graciously donate to the cause.  I'll have to check if the parts you need
are in them though.

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:45 AM, urq <urq at pacbell.net> wrote:

> Wow ... I wonder where your car lived before it ended up north?  ... or
> perhaps it is cold not heat that has damaged it.
>
> The odo reset function is a completely different mechanism, so it could
> very
> well be the gears on the motor melting as they did before.  It could also
> be
> that the odo drive gears didn't seat properly after the reset ... it
> wouldn't hurt to hit the zero button again.
>
> Removing the dash pad and IC are not that difficult ... remove the speaker
> grilles to access two screws, there is one in the middle of the defroster
> vent.  You need to take the trim off the steering column to get at one
> screw
> and there are three behind the dash vents ... I never remember which of the
> vents need to be removed.
>
> Steve Buchholz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
> Of
> Roger M. Woodbury
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 3:30 AM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] Catastrophe (well, sort of)
>
> Odometer failure!  Again!
>
>
>
> I took the V8 out to get fuel.  After filling the tank, I zeroed out all
> the
> computer outputs that can be zeroed as is my habit, and then reset the
> odometer.
>
>
>
> When I went out to drive the car yesterday, I backed it out of the garage
> and when I got half way to town, I noticed that the odometer was not moving
> and the trip meter was still set to zeros.
>
>
>
> The motor that resets it is still working, but the numbers are frozen.  I
> suspect the worst:  the little gears are gone and the speedo will have to
> be
> removed so new ones can get installed.  I do NOT want to return it to the
> wrench for this, so I guess I may have to figure out how to take off the
> pad
> and pull the cluster.which is a job that I am not keen about at all.never
> been there or done that before is the wimpy reason.
>
>
>
> Just after Steve rebuilt the speedo for me before, it froze once, only to
> clear a few miles later.  I am hoping that one of the little odo gears has
> broken a tooth and it is jammed.and will clear itself.
>
>
>
> Well, I can hope, can't I?
>
>
>
> Roger
>
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