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Subject:Re: instrument cluster plastic repair
From:neil n
Date:Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:22:20 -0800

Alright alright.     ;)

Here's mine:

https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/AddWBXCoolantGaugeForAirCooledToWaterCooled#5396021595459416978

Great web page Edward. IIRC, I had read your page noting the clever use of
the DB25 connector; a part that's still fairly easy to find I imagine.

In my wildest dreams, as I'm sure others have thought, I would take the
time to make a PCB of the ribbon. Maybe something like that, along with
warning light LED's, could fit in the middle portion of the cluster? In
terms of the PCB board itself, if it's feasible, when done, the image of
the traces could be easily posted online for others to use. Maybe this has
been done already?

Neil.

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com> wrote:

> That is beautiful.  I am not ashamed to show my ugly but effective
> version:  http://staff.blueridge.edu/~**edwardm/vanagon/pp023/index.**htm<http://staff.blueridge.edu/~edwardm/vanagon/pp023/index.htm>
>
> Edward
>
>
> At 04:32 PM 11/26/2011, neil n wrote:
>
>> Yes! Saw that. More thorough and better looking than my repair of totally
>> failed corners on instrument cluster; metal reinforcement, each with a tab
>> bent over to provide a screw hole. Very ugly! No pic will be shown!   ;)
>>  Used LePage "5 Min." Metal type epoxy IIRC.
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>> > ver nice job posted on the samba in this thread
>> >
>> > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/**forum/viewtopic.php?t=489656<http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=489656>
>> >
>> > alistair
>>
>

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Neil n

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