Schocki

your welcome

Bill Ball

I should update and give Schocki's quick pod removal guide my official shortcut stamp of approval. Since my first failed attempt at doing this back in 2011, I have managed to figure it out. So, the steering wheel (and the tranny) can stay in place. It takes a bit of patience and finesse to get the pod to clear the ignition switch, but I have managed to get it all done under 15 minutes like Schocki said.

Speedtoys

What were you fixing?

Bill Ball

Other people's cars. In one case, the ignition switch and light switch (pod was pulled up out of the way, but not completely removed). In another case I was replacing the odometer gear.

planeshift1

Well as a down right amateur fiddler I found this post fantastic! All went great till re-assembly. Here's my symptoms on the 88 A/T: all lights for auto indicator work fine. signal left signal right work fine. Tach is erratic, oil gauge is erratic. Speedo is dead...gas gauge dead... light switch, hazards all ***** function but do not light up clearly I goofed and something is loose? Went through it once again but maybe I missed something? Any advice?
btw these were all things that DID work prior to dis/re assembly. Many Many thanks!

Harvey928

Check your connections of the plugs behind the cluster. I think one of them maybe not seated all the way.

Randy V

In this pic there are 4 beige coloured holders (circled) located above 4 yellow bulb holders.

What do the beige lights illuminate?

I have a burned out light behind the right side red computer digital display. I'm guessing that would be one of the yellow holders with a light bulb with the red cap?

Rog - do you carry these bulbs? How much are they?

Thanks.

Ed Scherer

There are two rows of four bulbs related to the "information display": the upper row is what provides the more common amber backlighting, and the lower row is what provides the infrequently-used red backlighting.

The other side of the PCB looks like this:


(large version)

You can see where the two rows of bulbs mate with the back of the information display:


(large version)

If you're going to replace bulb(s) anyway, you might want to consider upgrading to LEDs (see "Converting Porsche 928 Interior Lighting to LEDs", which is also useful for just learning more about the '89+ instrument cluster).

auzivision

Can anyone confirm this procedure works on a non-digital pre airbag pod (88 and earlier)?

It appears that maybe the wheel has to be pulled to get access to the 5 allen head bolts down under.

https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...cs-part-i.html


I guess it doesn't hurt to try.

KenRudd

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Sorry.

Bill Ball

I've done it on an 87 and I don't recall there being 5 Allens on that car - just 4. Regardless, I don't see the steering wheel being an impediment to getting at the Allens. My problem originally was that even with all the Allens out, I could not get the pod to clear obstructions until I removed the steering wheel, but I finally managed to tilt and tug just right to get it to clear the ignition switch, etc. with the steering wheel untouched. I recall the cover over the turn signal assembly needs to be removed and that requires a bit of finesse as well with the steering wheel still on. All this said, removing the steering wheel on a non-airbag car is rather quick and easy.

autoslave

I feel like he's already done the job for me!
Now, I have to find a speedo that goes above 85.

Thanks

big load

wow i have been looking for this type of a thread for ages. half my dash lights don't work so needed to find a way to fix them.

do you know or think this will work for the 1989 S4 euro model (uk)???

Schocki

Should work without problems, but the method was especially designed for cars with airbag. Not all of us have access to a Hammer to clear possible airbag faults if you remove the steering wheel.
You have it easy, take off the steering wheel. Takes 2 minutes extra...

Ed Scherer

If you're getting into all that stuff anyway, consider upgrading to LEDs. See:

• Converting Porsche 928 Interior Lighting to LEDs (a rather lengthy PDF document)
• Interior LED Changeover (uhm...Looooong) (an old, but useful thread; make sure to read it through to the end, as the later posts include more up-to-date information than the original post)