[Re: (tech) More odometer questions...]

[rhock99 at epix.net (Ryan H)]

Oh yeah, there's 3 lights back there, and the 16V (and all US Sciroccos I believe) use the black tipped bulb (1.2 Watt).
> 
> From: Mike Smith <smithma7@yahoo.com>
> Date: 2003/07/17 Thu AM 10:18:45 EDT
> To: Cathy Boyko <losinit@usa.net>
> CC: car <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: Re: [Re: (tech) More odometer questions...]
> 
> Cool beans.  Glad you got it all together.  One other question:  how many lights are in there?  Not the LEDS, but dash lights.  I know there's at least two, but is there a third?  I need to replace mine as part of my cluster is dim and I can't see the clock at all at night (not like it matters... one on stereo, one on wrist, one on cell phone... but it'd be nice to have it look good :).  Also, do the 16v's use white tipped lights or black or do I need to pull them out and check for myself?
>  
> Mike
> 
> Cathy Boyko <losinit@usa.net> wrote:
> Well I was lucky, I didn't need parts. Except new leds for the guage face
> which I've had for ages and not bothered with. The dash stays in, but you can
> drive ith all fo the trim removed that you'll need to get rid of. If you get
> stuck, I'm the girl now, write to me! Mine works fine, and i cleared up a
> bunch of other stuff while I was there. The only thing for me to do now is
> realign the steering wheel a bit, it's a hair off. Then put interior in. If
> you call up Foxx's page, it'll work well.The two "more force than I was
> comfortable with" items I'd warn you of are the big plugs into the cluster,
> and the brass hub on the speedo shaft ( once you are deep into it) Otherwise,
> go gently, and you'll be fine. Also, mine was the metal gear spinning on the
> shaft, the three plastic gears were fine. I burred the shaft slightly, and
> it's working. Should turn 300 000 on the Waterfest trip. GL, cathy
> 
> 
> Cathy
> Mike Smith wrote:
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> > I, too, anxiously await answers as I am going to be trying this fix soon. 
> There's actually a lot I need to do in there, so I'm waiting on a few parts
> before I start. I want to do it all at once, so I don't have to take it apart
> more than once. I'm also hoping to accomplish it all in a weekend. Question:
> On the chance I can't finish it all before returning to work, is it worth
> leaving the dash and whatnot off while I drive? I'd put the instrument
> cluster back, but as I said above, I'd like to not have to remove dash, etc.
> more than once.
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > Cathy Boyko wrote:
> > 
> > Well, for whatever reason I finally decided to around get to fixing my
> > odometer. So I have it on my kitchen table, with a companion guinea pig
> > cluster, and am following Foxx in the Box'as tech notes. So I'm at "use the
> > small screwdriver to gently pry up the gold speedometer spring" step. but
> it
> > doesn't move. 
> > 
> > So some questions, and I'd reallly like to get the car fixed for the WF
> trip
> > Friday morning.
> > 
> > SO:
> > 1. Where do I pry the speedo needle, I'm assuming you apply pressure from
> > below ( with the screwdriver resting on the plastic housing , and pry up on
> > the brass ring that holds the spring to the speedo shaft, is that right?
> The
> > plastic just flexes, and the ring doesn't budge. On either of the clusters.
> > :(
> > 
> > 2. I don't see any cracks in the gears, but the drive gear shaft slides
> > laterally through the barrels of the numbers, is there supposed to be
> anything
> > to resist this movement? 
> > 
> > 3. I'm assuming I need that spring assembly off to lift the odometer free
> of
> > the cluster, and this will reveal the gear that is the problem. Is there
> > anything else?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks, I await your wisdom.
> > 
> > cathy (hey, at least I got this far on my own!)
> > 
> > 
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