[Vwdiesel] Clock and speedo

[travis gottschalk]

With the clock. bypass the circuit board to power the clock to see if the circuit board is good (wasn't on my truck). You could fix the board or replace with another one if you can find one (I have about 4 different gauge clusters so I had options). otherwise just hotwire it. You need to make sure both the ground and power on the board work. Also, if another clock will fit then it just needs power and ground (unless there are other gauges build into the frame of the clock like the rabbits). I did away with the clocks in my rabbits since I already had a clock on the radio and I wanted a tach. My tachs aren't perfect for RPM but close enough to tell whats going on and now both the temp and fuel gaugs are easier to read if I lean forward (steering wheel doesn't block my view). Not to mention the old clocks don't power down with the key off so they can after a long time drain your battery (bad battery on a cold day and not started for a while with the clock going and you may not start with out a jump). 
 
Speedo should have given a warning before stopping. Normally it is gears inside (plastic) that break and stop the odometer but the speedos still normally work. Do you have a box the the speedo goes into and come out the other side (normally for gas models) as those can go bad. The cable may have come out of the tranny. You can pull it out if it is still there and check the gear. If that is good pull off the cable from the speedo and have someone twist the gear while you watch the shaft that goes into the speedo and see if it moves. If it does then you have a problem with the speedo, if it doesn't move then problem solved. You may want to check with http://www.partsplaceinc.com/ to see if they have a cable or what ever else.
Travis G
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