dancing rev counter help

[porschestuff]

Hi,

Was driving the boxster and thought I overrevved the engine when the rev needle went over past 8000rpm!

Looks like the gauge got stuck at some point and started jamming as with engine off the revs was at 4000rpm!

I've taken the gauges apart and had a look at them, looks like they may have been catching on the dials?

Removed and refitted with touch of glue, but on start up the rev gauge still "stutters" and jumps, but does stay at 0rpm when engine is off.

Any ideas why the rev needle stutters at start up? Do I need new instrument panel and if I do is it a straight swap or will this mess up the odometer mileage of car.

Any help appreciated.

Dan

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Edited October 30, 2005 by porschestuff

[insite]

on the back of the cluster, you will see two (one on each side) black slides that release the circuit boards from the instrument cluster (they slide outward HARD). slide them out, air-dust the pins / connectors, and use a small screwdriver to slide them back into place (all the way). this may fix the problem.