That was me with the connector replacement.  It involved replacing
all the traces that go to the connector with plain old wire.  You
sure could replace the whole blue PCB thing with wires.  Wouldn't be
pretty.  Do people have trouble with areas other than the
connector?  Here's the link to my page with the instrument cluster
overhaul info:

http://snurl.com/vanagon    and it's also in the vanagon wiki.

Edward

At 05:03 PM 12/24/2008, Mister Tom wrote:
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >I have looked at mine closely. Doe anyone think it possible
> > >to make a hardwire substitute for that ribbon? Ever? Or in
> > >some other manner simply replace the thing or make a
> > >substitute for it.
> > >
>
>
>I recall a post within the last couple of years where somebody had replaced
>the traces with discrete wires and used a DB-25 connector.  So, archives
>maybe.
>
>Tom Salicos
>'87 Syncro Westy EG-33