Instrument cluster digital dilemma

[BirdDog]

I believe there is a company in FL that can set your new cluster to match the mileage on your old one (legally). Search the forums and you should find it...

Ok, I was wrong, they're in Colorado:

http://www.odo-pro.com/index.html

Hope this helps.

Bill

[Qmulus]

Originally Posted by BirdDog

I believe there is a company in FL that can set your new cluster to match the mileage on your old one (legally). Search the forums and you should find it...

Ok, I was wrong, they're in Colorado:

ODO-PRO.COM - Odo-Pro.com - The Digital Odometer Professionals

Hope this helps.

Bill

Or you can contact me. I don't advertise to the public, as 90%+ of my business is to other businesses and shops, but I do take care of individuals if needed. The 986/996 clusters are a specialty of mine, and I have worked on everything from early 986 clusters to '05 911 Turbo S and 996 911 Cup car clusters. I have done a lot of 986/996 stuff lately, mostly repairs (like oil level reading problems) but also some custom things like enabling the boost display on a late 986 cluster for turbo Boxster S. I have most all the components in stock, especially for late clusters, but I also have LCD displays for the early clusters.

[Chuck W.]

Originally Posted by Qmulus

Or you can contact me. .....

Class act. Qmulus' reputation on the board is stellar. Use (& abuse) him without worry!

[bcinphx]

Thanks ChuckW. I have heard that about qmulus. And others mentioned. I will get the BMW off the lift and put the boxster in the 'barn - shop ' probably Sunday if the NASCAR race doesn't get in the way and pull the instrument cluster again..

[Jamesp]

I just had my cluster apart and pulled the boards and the LCD out. Nothing to it really. You might be able to fix it simply by pulling the cluster apart, disconnecting the ribbon cables, reconnecting them and reassembling the cluster. If you have never disconnected an old school ribbon cable the ones in your cluster work like the example in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UntcYOV9Zgo

Good luck!

[bcinphx]

Well I took it out again. Tore it all the way down and even inspected the back of the PC board to see if there were any cracks in it with a magnifying glass. Didn't see anything put it all back together again put in the car and it worked for a little while. Then everything went black and now it just intermittently goes completely dead with no LEDs and no gauges and half a second later comes back on. So I don't know what else I can do except get ahold of some of the guys below and either have my cluster fixed or get another one. My concern is that I get one with about the same mileage or repair the one I've got and hopefully there's nothing wrong with the cables coming in from under the dash. Thanks for the advice and I am pondering my situation.
Trying to attach video. Key on not running.
http://s193.photobucket.com/user/BCinPhx/media/20170319_1020301.mp4.html

[bcinphx]

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