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Jul 26, 2005 | 01:25 PM

QBits

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Odometer issues

Ok, so i've searched around the forums to no avail.

i recently replaced some bulbs in the instrument cluster... was glad when the stuff lighted back up when I stuffed everything back. BUT... I noticed the LCD panel for the odometer is fubar. It's not lighting up. I have a sneaking suspicion isn't not another light bulb... but the LCD panel itself. Has anyone had success resolving this issue in the past?

Or... do I just have to get a new cluster meow?

Jul 26, 2005 | 01:29 PM

Nate (ETKA+Scumbag)

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WTF, meow? The LCD has nothing to do with being backlight by a bulb. You most likely did someting.

Jul 26, 2005 | 01:33 PM

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Do you know how fast you were going back meow?

Jul 26, 2005 | 02:34 PM

User 71024

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LCDs don't emit light on their own. There's bulbs or LEDs behind them.

Jul 27, 2005 | 04:25 AM

QBits

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one last question

allright meow... last thing before I go out and plop down some $$ for a replacement cluster:

anyone know which wire/pin in the back connectors feeds the odometer?

(yeah yeah I'm a cheap bastard... don't own a repair manual... yet)

fyi I already looked at 1.8T's page. it's for 97+, and the wiring definitely doesn't correspond to my cluster (unless I'm retarded... which is a 50/50 thing these days).

thanks in advance for any help.

Jul 27, 2005 | 11:52 AM

QBits

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something i didn't notice...

the LCD is actually working. it's just super super dim. i just went outside and took a close look at it, and there, voila, the numbers light up.

bah. wat to do... wat to do...