Date:         Wed, 30 Jan 2002 22:30:58 -0800
Reply-To:     Leon Korkin <korkwood@WSHOST.NET>
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From:         Leon Korkin <korkwood@WSHOST.NET>
Subject:      Re: New listee --  Desperately seek printed foil curcuit
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The only place you can get it cheaply is PYP. Parts dismantlers only sell whole cluster.
Dealers want ar. $120 for it. You may get lucky and some listee may have one.
I myself have repaired pcb, my tach didn't work for a while untill i found out
that tach connector was broken. It can break just from disconnecting from tach.
Had to solder 3 wires on top of connector. When soldering this pcb plastic burns
and leaves holes. Looks bad but works.
Leon
85 Subwagen Westy

1/30/02 9:28:49 PM, Ken Sid <cybor_punk@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Heyas
>
>We've had to park the Jetta and acquire a larger vehicle for our new family (Sam, 12 months old).
>Naturally the transition into a Vanagon seemed logical having owned many vw's over the last decade.
>The search didn't extend all to far as the guy across the way happened to have an 85GL that he was willing to part
with for what seemed reasonable price. I had a shop check it over and besides some minor wear and tear it seemed
descent mechanically. So 1000km later I've reconfigured the heater cable to there appropriate levers, replaced many of
the non working dash light and terminated several dangling leads under the dash. By the looks of the not so handy
work under the dash I'm surprised that the van hasn't melted down, which brings me to the Instrument cluster -- heheh
-- All the idiot lights work but the tach, fuel and temp gauges do not. On further inspection and removal of the
instrument cluster it is appears that a previous owner had done some handy work on the printed foil circuit with a
soldering iron (looks to be an attempt to repair some areas that had been melted?) I am under the assumption that by
solely replacing the foil this would hopefully cure these problems?
>I have searched my local wreckers and haven't had any luck find a printed foil circuit as I'm sure they go they way of
the cluster when parted out -- I did though find many not so necessary parts to help bring the van up to snuff, just not
the important ones!
>
>Any help would be Greatly appreciated.
>
>Ken Sidorchuk
>Vancouver, BC
>Canada.
>
>
>85 Jetta GL -Ole' Gray Mare
>85 Vanagon GL - Goldie
>
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