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Subject:Help With Inst Cluster Foil
From:Tom Salicos
Date:Tue, 3 Jul 2007 19:04:50 -0800

I have two spare instrument clusters.  The foil now on my '87 has really bad
traces at the 14 point connector and I want to replace it.  My spares are
from eBay and I thought they were '86 or later.  One has a small
electrolytic capacitor next to the voltage stabilizer and one does not.  Is
that capacitor for the coolant level LED blink on startup?

Bently has the instrument clusters documented from 1985 up and 1986 up and
neither section shows the capacitor.

I would like to pick the better looking foil (the one with the capacitor)
and use it on my '87Syncro but want to make sure it is OKAY.  Somewhere I
remember reading that after 198? they are interchangable.

Any words of wisdom on this ???

Thanks
Tom Salicos
'87 Syncro Westy EG-33

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