Subject: Calibration was easier than I thought. Author: visionbmw7 : member since July, 2006 : 4037 posts Posted on: 2006-12-07 00:17:39

Test 07 on cluster is TEMP and RPM. Test 08 is SPEED in KM/H. I didn't have to calibrate the needles at all. The RPM needle was accurate and the Speedometer was 2 KM faster than the digital readout which is more accuate than BMW's calibration. I believe zapperjoe said BMW's calibration is purposely 7 MPH off. I marked the fuel and temp gauges with tape before removing them so they're accurate.

RPM calibration

Speed calibration


OB digital speed readout in km/h

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 (19383 views)
  • Calibration was easier than I thought. (pic) (url) - visionbmw7 2006-12-07 00:17:39 (1586 views)
  • Thanks for the comments. Here's more on what I did. (pic) - visionbmw7 2006-12-06 05:18:14 (2069 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 (355 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 (1684 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)