Date:         Wed, 4 Dec 2013 13:36:00 -0800
Reply-To:     Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Know someone who *fixes* mylar circuit boards, then?
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
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Yes!

And I should say that what I did was kind of an experiment of sorts.
But in my case the "foil" was in good shape otherwise so felt it was
worth the time.

I agree with Alistair though. It would mean more time than what I did
but starting "new" would make more sense.

The link can be found but thought I'd post a quick link. Gowesty is
proposing (in production?) a solution:

http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=30f7f0963210f8091c7edc0f4&id=9a3fdfbc57&e=d78f7ba91b

Neil.

On 12/3/13, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Listmember Jarrett did this:
>
> http://www.kpcnsk.com/?p=138
>
>
> and a great samba thread here:
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=573133&highlight=dash+wiring+foil+connector
>
>
> I think hard wiring the dash is the way to go if you want to keep the
> cluster stock. I mean if you don’t want to swap in a non vanagon cluster
>
>
> alistair
>
>
> On Dec 3, 2013, at 9:12 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> It's tricky but I soldered on new plugs to those traces (connectors)



-- 
Neil n

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