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RE: Troubleshooting broken speedometer



remove and inspect the speedo cable, if its okay, then your problem is the instrument cluster.

-Craig
'83 California Edition (RIP)
"Nightmare" '88 16v (PG-T Proj.)
"Calypso" '91 Golf GL (Daily Driver)



>From: GGehrke <ggehrke@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: GGehrke <ggehrke@gmail.com>
>To: Scirocco list <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Troubleshooting broken speedometer
>Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:27:40 -0500
>
>My speedometer stopped working suddenly last summer while working on
>the car.  It worked on a short drive the other day but then quit
>again.  I've looked at the line that connects transmission>EGR
>thing>Speedo and it doesn't have any glaring problems.  I also
>unscrewed the fitting where it joins the speedo and retightened it
>(because I thought pushing and pulling on the dash to work on wiring
>may have disconnected it or something).  I'm quite frankly afraid to
>pull my dash apart any more right now because I'm afraid it will mess
>up my other really finicky wiring.
>
>What should I do to troubleshoot this one?  Are there common specific
>parts that fail?  The bentley (and haynes and clymer) manual has been
>surprisingly unhelpful on this one.
>
>And it's an '80 S dash in a 79, if that matters.  Thanks.
>
>-Grant-
>
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