Re: Follow up on my 4kq search. (painfully long)

["Mark L. Chang" <mchang@ece.nwu.edu>]

On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Matt Daniels wrote:

> quattro that need about $1300 worth of work to it. Tomorrow will mark the 2
> week mark of my ownership, I would have posted earlier, but I just moved
> into a new house and I'm now just starting to have some free time again.

Congrats... hopefully, you'll have it for much longer.

> 2. Need to replace the window switches in the console.

Press down and they pop out.  Remove ash-tray first for easier access.
Take switches to workbench and clean.  Otherwise, post here for some
switches and ye shall receive.

> 3. Odometer does not work, and a few lights are burnt out in the instrument
> cluster. How easy is it to remove the guages and replace bulbs? What could
> be the problem with the odometer?

Just did this last night.  Leave steering wheel on so as not to break
silly plastic tabs (grin).  If you want, take it off.... makes it a little
easier.

Remove the four screws holding the instrument cluster on.  Two in the
upper part of the "hood", two below.  Pull a little forward and then you
can pull the vinyl cover off.  Carefully disconnect all the switches from
the instrument cluster.  Unscrew the cluster from the dash body (one
screw, either side).  Disconnect various connectors on the back.  Should
now lift out.

Replace bulbs by giving them a gentle twist and they will come out.  Fix
the odo by pulling off the white backing plastic (about six screws) and
the whole housing comes out.  Look on the side of the speedo, away from
the tach, and you'll see the criminal (everyone calls it the 'criminal'
gear.. dunno why) gear... push it back in so it is in definitive contact
with that worm gear and drop some epoxy/superglue/whatever you want on
there to keep it from moving off the shaft again.  Reassemble.

> 5. Missing the passanger sun vistor.

Ask the list -- you'll get responses.  Check a yard.  Mine was missing as
well --  alister came through.a

> I couldn't really test it out (this is my first quattro).

Heh... just wait.  We're the only people out there _looking_ for snow.

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