Subject: Any chance I can buy your old cluster? Author: rick740i as rimasl2 : member since October, 2006 : 78 posts Posted on: 2008-01-02 22:34:10

email: richard@interlocken-corp.com

I'm trying to troubleshoot an erratic condition where the needles in the cluster bounce around. If I had a known good cluster (even if the display was bad), I could swap things around and hopefully narrow where the issue is coming from.

-- tia, rick s (the "ri" in rimals)

• HOWTO: replace instrument cluster '97 no re-code - d26818 2008-01-02 18:41:42 (9777 views)
  • Very Cool! - kfister 2008-01-03 02:50:36 (521 views)
    • Re: Very Cool! - d26818 2008-01-03 09:37:34 (378 views)
  • you DO know that the cluster you describe was only used up to 9/97 build date (pic) - Q 2008-01-02 23:17:23 (1208 views)
    • Re: you DO know that the cluster you describe was only used up to 9/97 build date - d26818 2008-01-03 02:02:00 (470 views)
  • Any chance I can buy your old cluster? - rimasl2 2008-01-02 22:34:10 (347 views)
    • Wouldn't it have to be coded in order for it to work? not to mention tamper dot? (nt) - IBHenry 2008-01-02 22:35:55 (445 views)
      • According to this post, as long as you keep the same 'black box' it won't. (nt) - visionbmw7 2008-01-02 22:53:21 (373 views)
        • I see. (nt) - IBHenry 2008-01-02 22:57:03 (236 views)
  • SHIT! Then I need to get my old cluster back from my wrecked 96!!! (nt) - visionbmw7 2008-01-02 22:11:39 (369 views)
  • I always knew the no re-code thing was a rip off - tomf301 2008-01-02 21:22:07 (414 views)
  • Now why couldn't they have left this design throughout the MY's? (nt) - absessler 2008-01-02 19:32:49 (299 views)
  • Good job man. Looks like you put an end to the myth..........................;o) (nt) - beechy 2008-01-02 19:09:33 (290 views)
  • Pics of the 2 cluster so we know what to look for? TIA. (nt) - bmw635 2008-01-02 18:47:37 (592 views)
    • Here's the pics. (pic) - d26818 2008-01-02 19:07:14 (1585 views)
      • Wowhooo, looks like 95 clusters is going through the roof soon. :-))) - bmw635 2008-01-02 19:11:41 (333 views)
        • Re: Wowhooo, looks like 95 clusters is going through the roof soon. :-))) - d26818 2008-01-02 19:16:35 (270 views)
    • Re: Pics of the 2 cluster so we know what to look for? TIA. (pic) - d26818 2008-01-02 19:00:03 (1009 views)