m_thompson
Well-Known Member
My odometer doesn't work in warm weather so I would like to get it fixed before spring driving weather. I read some instructions that I found on a Coupe site and it looked like removing it wouldn't be that much of a job. The instructions in the BMW manual are really vague so they were not much help.
Following the printed instructions, removed the covers below the dash, disconnected the speedo cable, loostened the knurled nuts and rotated the spedo. It is loose from the back of the gauge cluster, but there is no way it will come out. There just isn't enough room between the dash, steering column, and sheet metal.
I continued loostening the knurled nuts and have the multifunction guage, speedo, and tach detached from the back of gauge cluster.
I reread the BMW instructions. I removed the two nuts on the left of the dash and the screw below the nuts. The left top of the gauge cluster is a little loose, but the bottom left is stuck fast.
The rest of the vague BMW instructions say to remove the center storage compartment and the heater controls. I haven't had the center console apart in 25 years so my memory of the procedure is a little foggy. I took the three big screws out of the side panels so the AC panel is loose.
It looks like I need to remove the rear window switches and AC panel to get at the heater control.
I can't believe that it is really this much work to remove the speedo!
I guess that I should fix the clock and replace the bulbs while I have
everything apart.
What else do I need to do?
Following the printed instructions, removed the covers below the dash, disconnected the speedo cable, loostened the knurled nuts and rotated the spedo. It is loose from the back of the gauge cluster, but there is no way it will come out. There just isn't enough room between the dash, steering column, and sheet metal.
I continued loostening the knurled nuts and have the multifunction guage, speedo, and tach detached from the back of gauge cluster.
I reread the BMW instructions. I removed the two nuts on the left of the dash and the screw below the nuts. The left top of the gauge cluster is a little loose, but the bottom left is stuck fast.
The rest of the vague BMW instructions say to remove the center storage compartment and the heater controls. I haven't had the center console apart in 25 years so my memory of the procedure is a little foggy. I took the three big screws out of the side panels so the AC panel is loose.
It looks like I need to remove the rear window switches and AC panel to get at the heater control.
I can't believe that it is really this much work to remove the speedo!
I guess that I should fix the clock and replace the bulbs while I have
everything apart.
What else do I need to do?