Subject: Great idea. I'll replace with thin screws with nuts. Thanks!! Author: visionbmw7 : member since July, 2006 : 4037 posts Posted on: 2006-12-05 15:14:44

BTW, what's "while HBO"? Did u mean while watching HBO? LOL. I thought about tweezers also but I didn't have good grip. They were too short. About the spare cluster, it is your old one or a junk yard one? I'd be reluctant to repair someone else's cluster due to possible damage to the needles/assembly. That's the only part that's risky. Everything else is smooth sailing. And how would I test it? Wouldn't putting it in my car turn on the "red dot tamper indicator"?

Cliff

85 318i totalled
90 525i traded in for the 96 740iL
87 325is sold
84 318i sold
87 325iC current 193k
96 740iL current 127k new heart
88 735i current 106k

• Wondering why I'm up this late? PIXEL REPAIR. That's why. (pic) - visionbmw7 2006-12-05 05:07:57 (19382 views)
  • Calibration was easier than I thought. (pic) (url) - visionbmw7 2006-12-07 00:17:39 (1585 views)
  • Thanks for the comments. Here's more on what I did. (pic) - visionbmw7 2006-12-06 05:18:14 (2068 views)
  • Re: Wondering why I'm up this late? PIXEL REPAIR. That's why. - milan99740il 2006-12-05 22:18:11 (975 views)
  • Impressive!!! (nt) - inconsistent 2006-12-05 21:39:21 (496 views)
  • All I can say is............ - lawguy 2006-12-05 20:54:40 (469 views)
  • WOW ! Gr8 Job Cliff ! (nt) - krazyd 2006-12-05 12:49:47 (471 views)
    • Got your electricals fixed? (nt) - bmw635 2006-12-05 12:53:46 (578 views)
      • HEY! Why'd u have to ruin my post? LOL!!! (nt) - visionbmw7 2006-12-05 15:19:26 (576 views)
        • Re: LMAO!! Got Hi-Jacked ! (nt) - krazyd 2006-12-05 15:21:48 (358 views)
      • Re: No bro , I will just take it in to the stealer this weekend since I cant - krazyd 2006-12-05 12:54:33 (338 views)
        • If you're in Hutington Beach area, swing by and I'll see if I can find anything. (nt) - bmw635 2006-12-05 13:07:16 (259 views)
          • Re: See the thing is sometime it makes the trans go into safemode - krazyd 2006-12-05 13:09:46 (312 views)
            • What else comes on with that Trans Fail Safe? (nt) - bmw635 2006-12-05 13:21:35 (268 views)
              • Re: DSC , ABS, BRAKE ARE IN AMBER , it also causes - krazyd 2006-12-05 13:24:59 (286 views)
                • Does all of this happen constantly or just intermittent? Sounds like bad - bmw635 2006-12-05 13:28:03 (209 views)
                  • Re: RPM also stops working sometime but here is the - krazyd 2006-12-05 13:30:15 (252 views)
                    • Defnitely bad ground or lose connection. Dealer diagnostic is going to be very - bmw635 2006-12-05 13:37:28 (264 views)
                      • Re: Yea alternator connection and battery connection are good - krazyd 2006-12-05 13:40:12 (199 views)
  • Tweezer is a good prybar for the needles. You can use a washer on the screw for - bmw635 2006-12-05 11:18:25 (535 views)
    • Great idea. I'll replace with thin screws with nuts. Thanks!! - visionbmw7 2006-12-05 15:14:44 (355 views)
      • It's an Ebay unit I bought to experiment but no time and got new cluster so I - bmw635 2006-12-05 16:09:02 (354 views)
  • W O W, your good! I would have never gone through that (nt) - Blue740i 2006-12-05 11:00:31 (284 views)
  • Wow! You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din! Pretty intrepid - mikeym 2006-12-05 10:24:40 (289 views)
  • Here are my pixels before. And link to zapperjoe's writeup. (pic) (url) - visionbmw7 2006-12-05 05:17:28 (1683 views)
    • And here is how to do it without removing the needles (url) - farnarkler 2006-12-05 05:55:22 (1456 views)
      • I read that post before and was going to do that but my drill died. Good method. (pic) - visionbmw7 2006-12-05 06:23:48 (903 views)