RE: Bogus Instrument Cluster

["Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac@telenet.net>]

The cip is an LM7812. +12 volt regulatro. It can be gotten from radio shack.
The pin connections are different though. It will run a lot better than the
stock chip as well...

Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
'81 Scirocco (re-animating)
'85 Jetta (I'm workin' on it...)
ICQ: 7704980


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Dave Ewing
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 2:43 AM
> To: Scirocco List
> Subject: Fw: Bogus Instrument Cluster
>
>
> I am pretty sure that it is the voltage stabilizer.  This is a little chip
> that has a screw at one end and three prongs on the other end
> that hook into
> the instrument cluster circuit board.  I had this thing go bad when I was
> putting the 16v harness into my car and I could NOT get those
> dumb gauges to
> work.  So, not even knowing at the time what it was, I swapped it out with
> another one and both gauges worked after that.  And I thought it was a
> wiring problem that I spent HOURS hunting down.  HTH!!
>
> Dave
>
> > After doing the red light thing on my instrument cluster, my speedo
> wobbles
> > between 0-20 MPH and my coolant gauge thing or my fuel gauge don't
> > work...Anyone know where to look on the the back panel of the cluster to
> fix
> > this? Also, I am in the process of making my lighting on my CD player
> > red...will let you know the outcome...hopefully it still
> works...lol...TIA
> >
> > Stephen Mull
> > '86 8v Rocco Black
> > Seattle, WA
> >
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