Re: Odometer + Speedometer '86 5000s Not Working

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

Hi Alexander;

    I'm not familiar with the '86 5ks speedo, but I've never seen a
speedometer with a separate drive for the odo. Odometers are driven
internally off the speedo. If your speedo cable isn't hooked up, your odo
won't work either.

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  280k km

----- Original Message -----
From: Alexander van Gerbig <Audi_80@email.msn.com>
To: Quattro List <quattro@audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 10:25 PM
Subject: Odometer + Speedometer '86 5000s Not Working


>     I ventured into the dash of my sister's 5000s and the first thing that
> struck my eye was a broken black plastic cap.  It holds a cable in towards
> the speedo.  I assumed this was for the odometer since it was a solid
> non-electrical connection, but it was connected exactly behind the speedo.
> After reinstalling the speedo no longer works.  Now I assuming that cable
> was for speedo not odometer and the cap was holding the cable on to the
back
> of the cluster.
>     Then that leaves me thinking where is that pecky odometer cable?
There
> a ton of electrical connections to that cluster, but only one solid
> non-electrical cable and that one now has a broken plastic doohiky?
Anyone
> know what's going on here?
>
>     Alexander van Gerbig '88 80
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