914, odometer repair Options

[brcacti]

Hello, will I need to take the steering wheel off to get the odemeter guage out for repair?

[bbrock]

I like DIY stuff AND am a CSOB so I'd say $50 would be about my break even point. I doubt any pros would do it at that price though. The most difficult part is getting the gauge bezel off. You just have to go slow and be patient is all. The number wheels are a bit fiddly but that article does a good job of walking you through it. My OD had been broken long enough that it didn't reflect the miles on the car so I decided to zero it to get closer to the true mileage. That was really fiddly to get right but most people aren't going to be that insane. I also repainted the needle and inner bezel and cleaned the face well while I was there, and had a glass lens cut to replace the plastic. The OD repair probably took about an hour not counting the reset madness but all of the other stuff added up.

[porschetub]

I like DIY stuff AND am a CSOB so I'd say $50 would be about my break even point. I doubt any pros would do it at that price though. The most difficult part is getting the gauge bezel off. You just have to go slow and be patient is all. The number wheels are a bit fiddly but that article does a good job of walking you through it. My OD had been broken long enough that it didn't reflect the miles on the car so I decided to zero it to get closer to the true mileage. That was really fiddly to get right but most people aren't going to be that insane. I also repainted the needle and inner bezel and cleaned the face well while I was there, and had a glass lens cut to replace the plastic. The OD repair probably took about an hour not counting the reset madness but all of the other stuff added up.

I reclocked my metric speedo to correct mileage and yes it is tricky but having done several mk2 Golf ones its made it easier,another VDO gauge that fails in the drive,funny never had to repair or had failure with the Motometer ones often used in those cars ?.

Being the "king of bezel" removal that's not an issue,I do however have the worst luck with tacho's as after doing full cosmetics on them and LED's they seem to fail shortly ofter (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
I still think Bob is better to buy a good used one and decides if he gets it reclocked to his car our just runs with a good used example with mileage close enough.
Cheers.