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Ozzie · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:32 am Post subject: Odometer Repair.

Decided to do several things at once.
I wanted two turn signals on the dash and not one so I removed the cluster.
While I was at it I had a go at fixing the odometer.
FWIW - it is not as daunting a task as one imagines.
With the cluster out it was a breeze to remove the speedo and then I followed the instructions in the FAQ.
I noticed the shaft the wheel is on, had a lot of play so I put some small spacers on it and behind the wheel to prevent this movement.
put it back together, tested it with a drill and one problem solved.

The other mod? I had 2 high beam dash lights. I removed the one above the speedo RH and installed the RH green light here. I installed the LH opposite side of the speedo and rewired back to the turn switch.
The other green light on the dash only works with the hazards.
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Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
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Ozzie · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:00 am Post subject:

A pic can be seen here of the lights.

http://au.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jaynar56/detail?.dir=b502&.dnm=2b9c.jpg&.src=ph
EDIT- this link has stopped working, check the new link below.
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Porsche 924 1984 (UK import) NA
Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
Engineer of Electro/Mechanical Systems Maintenance

Khal · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:50 am Post subject:

I had a look at your other pics. Car looks good

Them's some seriously black tinted windows you've got!

And it's an auto

How do you find that? I've had my eye on an old '77 924 NA auto for a while now.

It's still sitting there at the shop, saw it last weekend on the way out to my parents place. When I get some spare cash I'll go bug the owner again

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'80 924 Turbo

Gram · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:08 am Post subject:

Cool idea. I've always wondered why there were 2 main beam ind. lights..
Your car looks good BTW.
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'82 924 NA Euro (hers)
'98 Audi A4 TDI (ours)

Ozzie · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:54 pm Post subject:

Thanks. Although the it came out ok in the pics the paint needs work.
The tint was on it and I think its called panther black.
Auto- just what I wanted and waited long enough I found it and bought it.
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Porsche 924 1984 (UK import) NA
Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
Engineer of Electro/Mechanical Systems Maintenance

Ozzie · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:29 am Post subject:

I have a modified wiring diagram to show how I rewired the dash if anyone wants just pm or email.
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Porsche 924 1984 (UK import) NA
Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
Engineer of Electro/Mechanical Systems Maintenance

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

I can't see the pix ... the link says I have to log in ...
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Ozzie · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:28 am Post subject:

Yahoo can be a pain. try this one
http://community.webshots.com/user/jaynar57
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Porsche 924 1984 (UK import) NA
Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
Engineer of Electro/Mechanical Systems Maintenance

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

same problem ... says I'm not the owner....
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erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made

Ozzie · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:52 am Post subject:

If anyone can explain how to insert a pic into this thread?

this works
http://community.webshots.com/user/jaynar57
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Porsche 924 1984 (UK import) NA
Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
Engineer of Electro/Mechanical Systems Maintenance

Smoothie · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:46 am Post subject:

Bring up the picture on Webshots or wherever you have it uploaded, do a right-click, select "properties" (if using IE), then select and copy the url address. That's -
http://image48.webshots.com/49/3/2/91/317630291pYZFlc_ph.jpg
(Many webspace sites change the filenames regularly, so we'll find out soon enough if Webshots does this. Others, like Yahoo don't allow direct linking to .jpg files)
Then to post the pic so it appears in the post, put (img) before and (/img) after the url (but replace those parens with brackets).

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'82 924T, US version, dark green metallic, 5 speed Audi 016G gearbox

Ozzie · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:52 am Post subject:

Testing
http://image40.webshots.com/41/2/81/71/317628171qptLte_ph.jpg
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Porsche 924 1984 (UK import) NA
Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
Engineer of Electro/Mechanical Systems Maintenance

Ozzie · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:52 am Post subject:

Too easy

Well... it did work once.

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Porsche 924 1984 (UK import) NA
Its AUTO and its BLACK
Montego Black on black/red
Engineer of Electro/Mechanical Systems Maintenance

Smoothie · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:20 am Post subject:

That's weird. They're not changing the filenames...
I'll remove the pic from my previous post and see if yours shows - maybe they somehow limit the number of pics that can be linked to.
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"..it's made in Germany. You know the Germans always make good stuff."

'82 924T, US version, dark green metallic, 5 speed Audi 016G gearbox

Smoothie · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:24 am Post subject:

Well now yours is there and mine's gone and I didn't do anything yet. Very strange. Still maybe a limit on the amount of data they'll send at once. Try changing from full size to thumbnails.
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"..it's made in Germany. You know the Germans always make good stuff."

'82 924T, US version, dark green metallic, 5 speed Audi 016G gearbox