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Message: <blockquote data-quote="darylchan" data-source="post: 13822" data-attributes="member: 5013"><p>My bone stock ride<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/darylchan/P190908_1844small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />First order of business: dissect gauge cluster, repair dead odometer and replace the SI batteries.<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/darylchan/Image013small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/darylchan/Image015small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Odometer gears did not mesh because the mechanism which is held in place by a peg broke its bracket. BMW plastics kinda get brittle after 20 years or so. Solution: Selleys epoxy cement. It's kinda like clay/plaster. Superglue back the bracket and re-inforce by building it up with cement.<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/darylchan/Image014small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />SI batteries were a pain to get to. Buried in the innermost recesses of the gauge cluster. The meters sit on their own PCB. The SI has its own sub-PCB under the main one. The batteries are soldered in and sealed with glue. BMW kindly used lithium batteries but even those dont last forever. Solution: De-solder the tabs from the bottom of the PCB and cut thru the glue. I wired a remote battery pack, so next time the batteries need changing, I ain't doing this shit again.<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/darylchan/Image016small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/darylchan/Image017small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

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