Ive done this to a fair few BMW's with great results in the past and seeing as it's basically the same cluster so thought I'd give it a go.
Here's how it looked before I started:
a few during shots:
the problem stems from these rubber pieces, you can see where they have become indented where they apply pressure to the ribbon onto the contacts on the pcb
The fix Ive done before and did agian this time was to remove the Rubber pieces and place a piece of card behind them to bulk them up.
Here's a pic of the card down in the gaps where the rubber sits:
All back together:
Back in the car (a bit gutting 1 line out in the external temp):
I'll whip it back out to have another go when I do the MID, With the MID I'll fit a new ribbon as I've had a go in the past with them and never had much luck repairing them any other way.
Here's how it looked before I started:
a few during shots:
the problem stems from these rubber pieces, you can see where they have become indented where they apply pressure to the ribbon onto the contacts on the pcb
The fix Ive done before and did agian this time was to remove the Rubber pieces and place a piece of card behind them to bulk them up.
Here's a pic of the card down in the gaps where the rubber sits:
All back together:
Back in the car (a bit gutting 1 line out in the external temp):
I'll whip it back out to have another go when I do the MID, With the MID I'll fit a new ribbon as I've had a go in the past with them and never had much luck repairing them any other way.
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