A while ago I bought an instrument cluster, from a W245, to get me a set of nicer looking clock needles.
The cluster was listed as non-working, with a failed central display, and I bought it for next to nothing.
I fitted the needles to my cluster, and put the rest away, with a view to its potential use as a spare - the screen was clean and scratch-free, and the casing had all the fixing lugs. But all I really wanted is these:
old needles:
new ones:
These central displays are prone to failure (dead pixels), so I thought I double-check it, and bin it, if it's not working. The chap said the display was completely dead, so I fully expected to just chuck it.
Now, I never powered the cluster before, as all I wanted from it were the dial needles ...
This is what I saw first:
That can't be right, I thought, so had a closer look - the cluster was disconnected from the board, simple as that.
I then looked at those 21 orange LEDs and thought, if I can replace them with blue ones, it could look nice:
Oh, and not a single dead pixel on display, so that's another spare
The cluster was listed as non-working, with a failed central display, and I bought it for next to nothing.
I fitted the needles to my cluster, and put the rest away, with a view to its potential use as a spare - the screen was clean and scratch-free, and the casing had all the fixing lugs. But all I really wanted is these:
old needles:
new ones:
These central displays are prone to failure (dead pixels), so I thought I double-check it, and bin it, if it's not working. The chap said the display was completely dead, so I fully expected to just chuck it.
Now, I never powered the cluster before, as all I wanted from it were the dial needles ...
This is what I saw first:
That can't be right, I thought, so had a closer look - the cluster was disconnected from the board, simple as that.
I then looked at those 21 orange LEDs and thought, if I can replace them with blue ones, it could look nice:
Oh, and not a single dead pixel on display, so that's another spare
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