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Subject:Re: Speedometer house repair suggestions ?
From:David Beierl
Date:Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:57:28 -0400

At 03:20 PM 3/30/2010, Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>Oil the screw lightly but thoroughly (use a modeler's paintbrush or

Dear David,

I endorse Andrew's method, particularly using clear slow-set epoxy
glue and a bit of modeling clay over the outside of the cracks --
after epoxy has started to flow out of them.  My personal experience
with cyanoacrylates has left me very wary of the breed.

The whole issue with stress-cracking of the instrument clusters shows
that VW didn't understand plastics and plastics engineering as well
as they thought they did.  Not an uncommon thing, unfortunately.

Yours,
David