[BMWCSRegistry] Is everyone snowed in - No coupe e-mails recently?

[Don Bower]

Michael:

Leave that console alone!  You don't want to go there unless you have LOTS
of time available and a need to fix something else.  Wait til your heater
core goes bad, at which time you just drive in warm weather.

You can access the gauges by removing the trim panel under the steering
wheel and getting a 10-year-old child with tiny hands to reach up amidst the
wires and loosen (not remove) those knurled knobs.  Then the gauges twist
slightly and pull forward.  Maybe you'll get lucky and not electrocute the
kid.  If his hands are small enough, he may be able to reach the gauges thru
the dropdown panel for the fuses/hood release.

The alternative I like best is to just remove the entire upper dash pad
incuding the eyebrow over the gauge cluster as one piece.  This gives you
great access to the gauges from above -- which you will need if you try to
fix the clock because you will have to keep tweaking the clock speed
adjustment.  When replacing the dash pad, just leave the nuts off the back
for easier access next time.  It's not going anywhere.

Don
72 CSA

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Michael Thompson <m_thompson at ids.net> wrote:

> So my Odometer stopped working. After about three hours work I managed to
> get it out without disassembling the whole dash. Shipped it to North
> Hollywood Speedometer. Got it back quickly. Nice people. Did a great job.
> Makes the rest of the gauges look shabby.
>
> Got it back in. Can't get to the nuts at the top of the tach and speedo to
> tighten them. Figure I will really disassemble the while gauge cluster and
> fix the clock. Look in the BMW manuals. Not too difficult. Disassemble and
> remove the console, find the 10 screws that the manual doesn't mention,
> partially remove the heater controls, I can replace the heater control bulbs
> that have been burned out for the last 25 years, look for the remaining
> screw and nut that holds in the gauge cluster. Then I realize that the
> pictures in the manual are for a CS without AC. I really don't want to
> remove the ducting so time to buy more tools. Maybe tonight I can get it the
> rest of the way apart.
>
> Its going to be a while before I can drive the *#@;/: out it...
>
> At 10:03 AM 4/2/2008, lorenvevon at comcast.net wrote:
>
> > I noticed the same.  I thought everyone must be out driving the *#@;/:
> > out of their cars like me.
> >
> > Spring is here.
> >
> > Loren
> > Sent via BlackBerry from SunCom Wireless
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "the-hound at juno.com" <the-hound at juno.com>
> >
> > Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:39:22
> > To:art at bmwcsregistry.org <To%3Aart at bmwcsregistry.org>,
> > bmwcsregistry at idb.ded.forest.net,bmwcsregister at idb.dedforest.net,
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> > Subject: [BMWCSRegistry] Is everyone snowed in - No coupe e-mails
> > recently?
> >
> >
> >
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