Re: '88 5000 CSQ Speedo problem

[cordeiro@adi.com (Alan Cordeiro)]

>The speedometer on my 1988 5000 CS Quattro expired about two weeks ago.
>Actually, the odometer died about four months ago, followed by the speedo 
>two weeks ago. Is this something I can fix myself, or should I just buy
>a used instrument cluster? (they run about $150 US)

>Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

>-ken-

Can the speedometer operation be restored with a "smart tap"
on the instrument panel while the car is in motion. Did it go
intermittant before it died. Does the cruise still work

Some of the electrical connections behind the instrument panel
give trouble when they get older.

1. If the cruise still works, your speed pulse transducer on
	the transmission is O.K.  Probably a bad connection
	in the instrument panel.

2. If the cruise does'nt work, see if you can check the speed
	transducer ( look at Bentley ). If thgis is O.K. it
	means a bad instrument panel, but bad connections
	ARE FIXABLE if you know how to fix bad electronic
	connections. Else, go for the used cluster. The 
	odometer might be a mechanical problem anyhow.

Alan Cordeiro
'86 5kQ, has the same panel ( I believe )



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