At 01:44 PM 7/6/2012, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>Can the background for the dashboard digital clock be restored?  The
>clock in my 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile works fine, but I
>can usually not read it because the background (behind the numerals)
>is worn off.  Sometimes when ambient light strikes it just right, I
>can read the numerals.  Thanks, David McNeely

Take a pair of polarized sunglasses and rotate them in front of the
clock.  If the numbers appear then the front polarizer is
damaged.  In that case you could put a piece of polarizing material
over the front from another LCD display, but a clock from a Jetta is
probably easier.

If someone has disassembled the clock they may have put the
polarizers in wrong or left one out - I think in that clock they're
separate pieces, not stuck to the glass of the display itself.

Yours,
David