[Vwdiesel] More Quantum Questions

[Erik Lane]

I've had a few instances where the copper traces on the plastic
'board' were cracked and not transmitting power. Very hard to track
down, since they were just hairline, but easy to fix once I did. I
solder in one strand from a multi strand copper wire and I'm back in
business. You need to be very careful doing this, though, because the
plastic around the trace wants to melt. If you go quick and have a
steady hand you can do it. (Though I have quite a bit of experience
soldering traces, but it was 10 years ago.) Use plenty of rosin and
clean it up afterwards.

Erik

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:38 AM,  <LBaird119 at aol.com> wrote:
>  It's more common for the speedometer to fail than the cable.
> However they usually make noises, give erroneous readings,
> etc before they die.  Like Roger said, check the cable.  If
> someone previously didn't get it connected fully, it may have
> simply fallen off.
>  The clock could have died and anything that fits is fair game.
> Haven't looked at all that many of them since they don't fail
> that often.  I'd first make sure it has power and/or that the
> plastic "pc board" connecting everything in the cluster, is not
> brittle and falling apart/cracked.
>  The temp gauges vary and are usually above half to almost 4/5
> depending on the gauge.
>    Loren
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