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Need bad E38 instrument displays (archive)

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Posted by Rich on October 06, 2000 at 00:04:33:

I'm about to repair the dread "dead pixel" problem on my 750iL. This is when your displays lose a few pixels or vertical lines. Looks very mangy. I have seen it on several other E38s. Cure usually is to replace whole clusters, radios, etc. I'v esearched the various boards and found no really better advice.

With some electronics repair exp in my past life I don't believe in this route. Before I take my beauty out of service for the time it will take, however, I'd like to take apart some dead or half dead odometers, midis, radios heck any of the displays except the heater control and check them out, trace wiring and source parts.

Soooo, if you have any of these displays,clusters, etc. or are having any replaced, please get the old ones from the dealer and contact me. I might pay a few bucks, but mainly I'd like to get these pretty cheap since they are strictly "for the good of mankind". I plan to post findings since this is a recurring and expensive problem for everyone.

Rich




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