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austinporsche · 02-08-2020, 12:41 PM

Hi all.

Pretty new to 986s (though I have a couple other Porsches: longhood 911, 924S, 944(s), 928).

My brother bought me a blue/tan 90K mile 2000 2.7 with a dual bearing IMS (replaced with a ceramic from LN along with clutch before he gave it to me).

I was trying to figure out what happened to the clock the other day -- I thought it rendered below the digital speed -- when I realized that in fact the entire LED in the right-hand most instrument cluster had gone dark.

is this a problem anyone else has seen?

Are there any fixes?

Or do I need to track down a replacement cluster?

If so, how hard is it to remove/replace the cluster?

02-08-2020, 12:41 PM	#1
austinporsche Registered User Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 55	Clock/Oil Gauge LED in Instrument Cluster went dark -- thoughts on how to fix? Hi all. Pretty new to 986s (though I have a couple other Porsches: longhood 911, 924S, 944(s), 928). My brother bought me a blue/tan 90K mile 2000 2.7 with a dual bearing IMS (replaced with a ceramic from LN along with clutch before he gave it to me). I was trying to figure out what happened to the clock the other day -- I thought it rendered below the digital speed -- when I realized that in fact the entire LED in the right-hand most instrument cluster had gone dark. is this a problem anyone else has seen? Are there any fixes? Or do I need to track down a replacement cluster? If so, how hard is it to remove/replace the cluster?