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Re: King Kong Lives!



Hairy green toads from Mars made Robert Myers say:

> I just successfully replaced the light which provides illumination for the
> odometer of my '95 S6.  It was an easy job - after I managed to break loose
> the screws which hold the instrument cluster in place.  Felt like about 850
> ft pounds of torque were required.  :-)  I was beginning to doubt whether I
> might have to take the car to my fiendly (sic) local Audi dealer just to
> loosen two Allen screws.  But - I took my Daddy's famous advice:  "Don't
> force it, son.  Just get a bigger hammer."  Success!

Cool. Can the same method be used to fix a non-lit outside temp
meter? Mine's been dead since day 1.


> Now, the question of the day?  Since I now have a functioning odometer
> light I can see the oil service warning which shows up on startup.  Anyone
> know how to reset it without use of the infamous VAG 1551?  No, the oil has
> been changed several times since the odometer went dark.

No :-(

BTDT, there is NO way to do this without VAG1551.

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