Re: broken odometer

[Scott Richardson <srr4582@home.com>]

OK, here's the deal. I pulled it out again and checked all the
connections. They're fine. But, I did see a small scratch in the circuit
paper. It is small and between two of the copper wires but it seems to
be the only thing wrong. Also, the clock works and the blue light comes
on when I hold the high beams but then goes out when I let go. Would a
little scratch like that throw off the whole circuit? Something seems
strange about that. Today I went down to the dealer to see what they had
to say about it. The guy behind the counter was a total retard and
seemed to be in the wrong line of work. All he kept telling me was,
"Yeah, well I wouldn't know about that." Shouldn't a guy working in the
parts dept. of a VW dealer know about VW's? All that this dufus could
tell me was that a new circuit costs $167!!! For that much money they'd
better send me a case of Heinekin and a beautiful German girl in skimpy
leiderhosen to install the damn thing. Well, I don't mean to complain
but that is ridiculous. Anyway, some more help with this would be
greatly appreciated.


Thanks,
Scott Richardson
'86 8V Scirocco

"Foxx (in a box)" wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for all the help. But now I have other problems.I got the
> > odometer to work but now the tach, speedometer, gas gauge, and some of
> > the lights don't work. I checked all the connections and they seem to be
> > ok. Any more advice for a rookie scirocco owner?
> 
>   if that many things are going wrong, then you might want to check the
> black(?) connector (the one of the right side; not below the speedo). if
> i remember correctly, this is the one provides power to the cluster
> lights, etc. sound like that might be the culprit. you should note that
> the bulbs burn out easily. you might also want to check for tears in the
> circuit paper. look to make sure nothing's accidently ground. use some
> electrical cleaner (on both sides, actually. sounds to me like something
> just isn't making good contact. for that many things to go out at once.
> if you still have the cluster out, look a the circuit paper where it
> connects to the circuits. each wire is labeled. i believe the words are
> in german, and if so let me know and i can tell you what they are. check
> the wires for the specific problem areas. you can get new bulbs at your
> vw specialty store. i know this can be very frustrating. i would say the
> easiest and quickest thing for you to do is to check the connections
> first and clean them if necessary. if you've problems still, let me know
> and we'll try and get it nailed down.
> 
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