 Instrument cluster removal, What is the trick for the wire going from the speedo to the dash panel |
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| Zimms |
 Sep 28 2006, 09:29 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,413 Joined: 11-February 06 From: Michigan Member No.: 5,565 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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Any help is much appreciated. I have the entire instrument cluster out but a cable running from the speedometer to the dash panel. What is this and how do i remove it?
Thanks, Mark |
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| jim_hoyland |
Sep 28 2006, 09:32 PM
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Get that VIN ? Group: Members Posts: 9,327 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Sunset Beach, CA Member No.: 643 Region Association: Southern California
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Is it possible the odometer reset ?
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| Zimms |
Sep 28 2006, 09:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,413 Joined: 11-February 06 From: Michigan Member No.: 5,565 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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I don't know. From the driver's view, the cable exits the speedo on the right side, and is attached the the dash panel on the lip. It looks like a post with a milled flat on it. No nut, or anything I can find that looks like a threaded connection. I think the post had a little knurled knob on it efore I started.
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| brant |
Sep 28 2006, 10:02 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,641 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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your describing the speedo reset.
if the knurled knob is already off then just push upward at the dash lip and it will slip out of its plastic holder on the dash lip. brant |
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| PRS914-6 |
Sep 28 2006, 10:02 PM
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Excellence Magazine Project 914 3.6 Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,278 Joined: 20-May 06 From: Central California Member No.: 6,031 Region Association: None |
Look for a small set screw that holds the knob on the shaft
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| So.Cal.914 |
Sep 28 2006, 11:00 PM
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"...And it has a front trunk too." Group: Members Posts: 6,588 Joined: 15-February 04 From: Low Desert, CA./ Hills of N.J. Member No.: 1,658 Region Association: None |
It takes a small straight blade to unscrew said set screw, removal is pretty
straight forward from there. I think this is just the reason many of them are missing. "What the hell is with this fuching wire"... RIP..... Oh $hit. |
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| GaroldShaffer |
Sep 29 2006, 07:42 AM
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You bought another 914? Group: Benefactors Posts: 7,624 Joined: 27-June 03 From: Portage, IN Member No.: 865 Region Association: None 
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You can also remove it from the speedo itself. The trip reset cables does come out of the speedo. All the ones I have seen have a white plastic sleeve that pulls out the back of the speedo. I was able to reinstall the cable and teh trip odometer worked just fine. YMMV (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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| Dave_Darling |
Sep 29 2006, 08:04 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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There may be a very flat nut holding the reset cable (you turn the end to reset the trip odometer) onto the dash frame. If not, just push it up.
--DD |
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