Re: broken odometer

[Scott Richardson <srr4582@home.com>]

Thanks for all your help thus far. I appreciate it. I'll try all that
stuff to see if maybe I can get it to work. Oh yeah, I live in Northern
NJ. The thing that sucks is that there aren't really any junkyards
around here where I could get some parts. Some guy told me that I'd have
to go up to NY to find what I need. Thanks again.


Scott Richardson
'86 8V Scirocco

"Foxx (in a box)" wrote:
> 
> > 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
> 
>   in itself, no, unless the two wires were somehow bridged or grounded.
> it almost sounds like a bad ground if the bright light light doesn't
> stay on. perhaps that wire is intermittent. it's on the little arm that
> connects to the large post down below the speedometer. my is torn and i
> have not light from that bulb at all. the only othe thing i can think of
> is that the switch is going bad (it does happen). a replacement can be
> bought, but it can also be gotten used from the boneyard for...cheap.
> 
> > "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
> 
>   this is the common problem at the dealerships. i once had a guy rip
> the bulb from its holder just to show me that it could be done. the bulb
> was fine until that point.
> 
> > 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
> 
>   i'm all for this (and i know a couple of german girls...). i feel sort
> of responsible because i've led you into all of this. i apologize for
> that. this is one of the most tedious and grueling parts of the car. i
> think vw could have done a bit better here, personally. i'm curious as
> to what a new circuit consists of. i might be able to dig one up at the
> boneyard for...free, but i'd have to see. i'd suggest cleaning all the
> electrical connections into the cluster and putting a couple pieces of
> cellophane tape (one over each wire). put it all back in the car. if you
> still have problems, let me know and i'll go out an break my cluster in
> the same way and perhaps will fix it that way :)  where do you live, by
> the way?
> 
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