Mark Stahl

Hi, everyone-
My "quick" weekend project was to repair the broken odometer gear that pretty much everyone ends up with sooner or later. All went well right up until final reassembly when the motor that turns the gears slipped out of place. It was suspended by its wires for a moment and as you can guess, 20 year old solder joints weren't up to this task: the yellow wire broke away from the circuit board.

My question is this: where does that yellow wire attach on the board? I am decent with a soldering iron so I am sure I can get it back on if I knew where to put it (I made a guess last night but apparently I was wrong).

If someone has a picture, that would be great- otherwise I'll try to post one as soon as I locate my camera.

Thanks!
Mark

Mike Frye

Mark,

I have some pics from my most recent venture into the pod. If I don't have one I can take it out and check it for you over the next few nights because I've got another bulb out.

Is this your DD or can you wait a few days?

BTW- I love the moss green metallic!

Mark Stahl

Well, couldn't find the camera so I used the cell phone (and MS Paint!) Hopefully someone gets the idea. I circled the area I **think** it goes in yellow, but I really don't remember. Yeah, taking the pics before breaking the thing would have been smarter....

Mike-- thanks for the offer. It's my DD, but it's not an emergency by any means. I'd just really like to get it squared away pretty soon, since days off are few and far between for me lately! (And thanks; I love the green too-- although silver would have been my 2nd choice!)

-Mark

Mark Stahl

Follow up:
In a rare, "what the hell" moment, I tried soldering the yellow wire to the spot indicated in the photo and- voilla- working odometer! Guess I'll actually know how many miles I put on the car this year....

Thanks again, all-
Mark

Mike Frye

You're a brave one!

Good job, I'm glad it worked out for you.