Re: typ44T spazzy speedos (5kT, and 200T)

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

Is it the one at the bottom of this page from Chris Miller's handy-dandy
repair tips?
 
             http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/index.html

Kneale Brownson


At 08:50 PM 11/30/99 -0500, JordanVw@aol.com wrote:
>update:
>my speedo on my '86 5kT was intermittant,and i was told to remove it and 
>check for a loose connection on the printed circuitboard.  i pulled the strg 
>wheel, the combi switch, and pulled out the speedo cluster.  looked for 
>breaks in the circuitboard. could not find any, not to mention that the 
>diagram i printed out was from a '89-'91 turbo. it all looked greek to me. so 
>i put it back in, and it has been working fine ~mostly~ up until now.  Now 
>the speedo needle is going haywire again..   any more ideas? 
>
>my friend just bought a '89 200Turbo. his speedo is worse than mine, it's 
>completely dead, tho every now and then the needle will jump up a few times.  
>Any tips i can give him on how to remove the speedo from a '89-'91? i know 
>how to take one out of a '88 down (gotten quite the expert at that) but am 
>clueless about the '89-'91 dash/speedo removal. 
>Also what was the URL to the site on repairing the intermittant speedo 
>problem? 
>
>any help would be appreciated  - 
>chris
>'86 5kT with intermittant speedo
>friend with '89 200T w/ same prob....