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YOUR RESEARCHInstrument Cluster LCD repair
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Replace by myself the vdo display
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OK guys, I made a video how I changed by myself the VDO display.
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I know there posts that I have seen where people have fried the internals of the instrument panels or their speedo or tach stopped working so they replaced the cluster.
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Does anyone have a recommended shop that can do this?
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Does anybody know of a repair shop that would replace mine since I have a replacement screen.
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I know there posts that I have seen where people have fried the internals of the instrument panels or their speedo or tach stopped working so they replaced the cluster.
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The LCD below the tach on my '01 C2 has some crazing that I would like to have repaired. I have seen other posts with the similar issues but no information on fixes other than suggestions to replace the instrument cluster. Does anyone have a recommended shop that can do this?
I gave them a call and they don't repair them however they gave me the best hope yet. They said that this is a replaceable panel that is not part of the the critical cluster system but nobody makes the replacement panels. Apparently I can replace the panel if I can find another good panel.
So here is goes... Does anybody have a bad instrument cluster laying around that has a good Tach LCD panel? I know there posts that I have seen where people have fried the internals of the instrument panels or their speedo or tach stopped working so they replaced the cluster. This would be an ideal donor for this experiment.
I got a donor instrument cluster and disassembled it. Someone at Modulemaster told me that it was a pin connector not a solder connection for the LCD screen. As you can see from the pictures, it is a solder connection.
It seemed that a few repair shops said they were not repairable because you cannot buy replacement LCD screens. Does anybody know of a repair shop that would replace mine since I have a replacement screen. It seems like any instrument repair shop that is skilled in circuit repair should be able to perform this replacement. Any thoughts?
If someone is skilled with soldering ribbon cable (FFC) to PCB, that is the person you want. It can be done.
I've tried this on a few computers myself and can tell you it is VERY difficult. It's easy to damage the ribbon, and is work best suited for a machine!
A thread on how to solder FFC:
http://forum.bongofish.co.uk/index.php?topic=122.0
I finally got my LCD repaired and it works great thanks to Andy at VDOrepair.
Here are some tips and lessons. I bought a bad instrument cluster with a good tach LCD screen from a dismantler thinking I could switch it myself if it were a pin connection. I took apart the bad cluster and saw that there was a ribbon connecting the LCD to the circuit board directly. I pulled on it gently and it came off easily. BIG MISTAKE! I later found that these are thermally bonded and if they are not pulled off with heat applied, there will be damage to the contacts on the ribbon. For anybody thinking of doing this, I was told that it just takes a heat gun or hair dryer and it will come off easily with no damage. Once I had the LCD panel off I shipped it off with my car's cluster. They were able to replace the old ribbon with a new one and it works great so far with no crazing. This was much less expensive than replacing the cluster with another used one and I was able to keep the original cluster in the car.
OK guys, I made a video how I changed by myself the VDO display. It took less than 10 min and it was very easy
Porsche Cayenne VDO LCD speedometer Instrument Cluster DIY Change - YouTube
The effort is appreciated but without a narration, it's pretty much useless. Can't see exactly what you're doing in a many of the shots. Adding narration will go a long way to helping others who need to do this.
