Date:         Wed, 30 May 2001 18:24:53 -0600
Reply-To:     jbrush@AROS.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Brush <jbrush@AROS.NET>
Subject:      Re: blue plastic circuit board
Comments: To: Bill Kasper <dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <B73AD26D.F8B4%dragonlist@ipmts.ucsc.edu>

>i took off my instrument cluster to clean it, and was going to try to
>take off the dynamic oil pressure circuit board from the speedometer
>(just disconnect the blue plastic from the speedo to clean the speedo and
>keep it from sticking).  besides the broken plastic all over the cluster
>housing, i noticed the blue plastic looked kind of funny, stretched, if
>you will.  i lifted up one end to see how it connected and *pop* off came
>the plastic from around the first of the four connectors.

If I am reading you correctly, you pulled some of the flexible circuit
board off of the panel, which should not be a problem unless you break one
of the copper lines. The blue flex circuitry is glued in some places and
snaps over small pins in others, but there is no electrical connection
thru the blue flexible plastic. So as long as you didn't break any copper
colored lines, which are the conductors, you should not have any problems.


And on the plus side, if I am wrong, you can be sure the truth will come
out sooner or later here :-)

HTH a little,

John