DO NOT SPRAY ANYTHING ON
IT!
It may make it impossible to repair.
Clean anything with a soft cloth and maybe
some metho.
> Ken Garratt <
unclekenz@hotmail.com>
wrote:
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> Peter,
> It's always been a risk buying
"pre-loved" (ie, near trashed) instrument
> clusters sourced from afar in that the
attached foil may prove to be
> defective in some way and so may be the
cause of a permanent or
> intermittent fault/faults. In my case I
feel lucky, I had no issue with
> the foil, but a faulty foil is not at all
uncommon, in much the same way
> as finding broken plastic components of
the cluster mounts and
> instrument enclosures are not uncommon.
> So I'd suggest a very close eyeball at
the foil for faults, cracks,
> splits and as Phill has said, double
check all the connectors of the
> foil to their individual connections. I'd
be using CRC226 on these, just
> to ensure best and ongoing continuity,
especially now as you may be
> having a problem in this area.
> Also double check and CRC226 the main
connector plug into the back of
> the cluster, it can at times be
problematic re-connecting it properly in
> situ.
> Cheers.
> Ken
> To:
Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
> From:
peter@coeconsult.com.au
> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:20:46 +0000
> Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Tacho
Change Over
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> Hi all. I have checked through the posts
and can't find a match to
> this problem. Here we go. Sorry it is a
story but the facts are
> important here.
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> I had a nice tacho in a cluster that I
got from the USA and over the
> weekend swapped it over as I did not even
have a clock in my cluster.
> Very basic. My Syncro was built in 1988.
I also had just got a proper
> speedo with an odometer and 1 100,000
digit.
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> Install went OK and everything swapped
over. Tacho working well and new
> speedo OK as well. Two issues, the temp
gauge not working and the
> digital clock that initially worked, went
blank. Drove to town parked
> for about 2 hours while at dinner, then
home. No problems.
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> This morning, a bit further in town.
Parked for 10 minutes then took
> off. 2 minutes later tacho needle drops
to zero and engine stops, then
> starts, then stops, keeps going then at a
busy rounabout car dies. Same
> sympton. Tacho needle drops then car
stops. Stopped for 45 minutes. Car
> starts and I fill up with petrol just in
case fuel gauge a problem. Car
> starts, off home and after 5 minutes,
same problem. Stop start. Managed
> to get home. Put Hart's vanagon syndrome
connection in. Went round the
> block. Same problem.
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> Put old instrumemnt cluster back in later
today and problem went away.
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> Any thoughts from the wise heads out
there. Shame because the new set up
> looked really good.
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> A frustrated Peter from Port
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