[Vwdiesel] Instrument cluster fail

[mikitka]

Have you tried www.car-parts.com ?  You never know what will show up at a
salvage yard across the US and be put on there.

Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of Shalyn Shourds
Sent: November 15, 2013 11:25 AM
To: Vwdiesel
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Instrument cluster fail

The odometer on my '85 Jetta died forever ago and I recently got motivated
to fix it.  So, I removed the cluster as gingerly as I could being paranoid
of the flexible circuit board, packed it up, and shipped it to a speedometer
repair place.  Just got a call that when they opened the box, both the
connector ends are broken off the circuit board.  Apparently, I
underestimated the rigors of shipping and overestimated my packaging.

So....any thoughts?  I don't see myself finding one of those at the dealer
or even a junkyard.  I dread the thought of a week straight over a solder
iron splicing wire in, but I guess I'll do it if it's even possible.  

I guess the other option is to wire in gauges, but that would end up looking
like overblown steampunk at best, junior high science project at worse. 
Neither is a goal.  

Ugh.

-Shalyn

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