WTB: MK1 Cluster, or ideas for refurb?

[michaelbuetiwon at gmail.com (Michael Bueti)]

I have 2 black consoles. Both with intact radio bars. Pretty clean..... lmk

they will be cheap.

On 10/29/07, nocones77-vw@xxxxxxxxx <nocones77-vw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Man...apparently VDO and Motometer built a "self destruct" mechanism into the flexible circuit panel on the back of the gauge cluster in the Mk1s. I have no less than THREE clusters sitting here, and they ALL have circuits that have peeled up and started to short-circuit. Funny thing is the best one is the one with 330,000 miles on it, and the ODO still works too!
>
> Anyone have any suggestions? I actually started building a wiring harness to replace the circuit. The idea is looking promising, but I'm kinda stuck with what to do with the quarter-turn bayonet light bulbs, which rely on the circuit being there. Anyone know where to get bulbs that will fit, but allow for regular wire connections instead of having the contacts on the bayonet?
>
> Or does anyone have a 12-pin gauge cluster in VERY GOOD shape they'd like to sell?
>
> FYI, for anyone else similarly frustrated: I got a single-gauge cluster out of an early base-model Rabbit that seems to work wonderfully, other than the lack of a proper coolant gauge. It seems it uses a coolant overheating "switch" for a simple on/off warning light instead of variable voltage sender for a gauge. I'm using it in the race car, where I have a separate tach and oil temp gauge anyway. But I'd prefer not mounting a separate tach on a pod for the street car...
>
> Please CC me directly in replies, or I'm liable to miss your reply in the general social chatter. :-)
>
> Neal
> '77 Scirocco race car
> '76 Scirocco street...er...make that "garage-bound" car
>
> (WHY, OH WHY did I sell that really sharp CNC'd aluminum dash plate I
> got from that guy who used to do the 6-speed conversions years ago...that thing
> was so cool, but not legal for my race class at the time so I ended up
> not using it sold it...rats...)
>
>
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