Try using conductive epoxies from McMaster Carr they're online and ship
small but useful quantities. Used it to repair a broken lead to the voltage
stabilizer on the printed circuit.worked like a charm. Keep us posted.
Arthur
'82 Vanagon Diesel (the Beast)
A BioDiesel project
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leon Korkin" <korkwood@WSHOST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 1:30 AM
Subject: Re: New listee -- Desperately seek printed foil curcuit

> 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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> > systemsfarm@shaw.ca
> >-------------------------
> >
> >"Any splelling errors are typos. Grammatical erros is because I don't
bosther."
> >
> >