As many of you have noted, the instrument cluster housing has a tendency to
crack, break, and fall apart where the screws for the speedometer and
tachometer housing are attached.  Reading through the archives, I found many
great suggestions for how to rebuild the screw holes.  However, before I
really make a mess of things, I need some advice.

Unless I am not looking on the correct pages in the Bentley manual, I don't
see how to remove the printed circuit ribbon before I try to fix the broken
parts of the instrument cluster housing.    How sensitive is the ribbon and
how can I remove it from the cluster without damaging it?  I need to totally
rebuild the 4 screw bosses for the speedometer and would like to remove the
speedometer, the blue ribbon, and the tachometer so I can also fix a few
cracks around the screw bosses for the tachometer.   However, I am scared to
death I may hurt something that will really cost me a lot of money.  My
first thought was to remove the indicator light housing but after taking the
screws out, it does not easily want to detach from the blue ribbon.  So, I
am stopping until I get some advice on how to proceed.

Any advice, tricks, etc. are welcome and appreciated.

Thanks,

Harold
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Harold Teer
1991 Westy (Vangaux)
Harrisonburg, VA