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my porsche dealer says i need to replace the entire instrument cluster!!
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hello
this time **** marked in the picture, broke inside.
what is the part number? my porsche dealer says i need to replace the entire instrument cluster!!
(this is an internet picture; i will take a pic of the real **** broken)
Can't tell from the pic what happened. I had my cluster of my 996 off and took it apart to change light bulbs and I think you can take the **** off and the pin stays behind. Again, my memory kind of sucks at times but I think I had them off. If the pin is broken I think you are screwed?
I have fixed one of these....its really a piece of cake. You need this part:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/PORSCHE-INS...hWlmMf&vxp=mtr
The hardest part is separating the two halves (front and back) of the instrument cluster. There is on the top center of the cluster that is hard to disengage since it is on the inside and if you are not careful you could crack the instrument cluster. But once you figure that out...its minutes for the whole job.
Exactly what I did...but this is why so many clusters that are for sale are missing their *****....people buy them and harvest them and resell them....
You'll think they would be more robust but realistically, how many times in a year do you actually touch those ***** - for me maybe twice a year for the time changes and the instrument lights are set and I never change them.
