From: bob@pelicanparts.com on behalf of Bob at Pelican Parts [bob@pelicanparts.com] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 2:38 PM To: Wayne at Pelican Parts Cc: mikestockton@worldnet.att.net Subject: Re: Odometer question Hi Mike, You have an electronic speedometer. It is easy to remove from the driver's seat. Use something to protect the dash (I use a paint stir stick), and carefully pry around the edge of the speedometer with a stiff scraper or putty knife. Just work slowly and carefully so you don't scratch the dash. All of the gauges are removed this way. Hope this helps, Bob at Pelican Parts Wayne at Pelican Parts wrote: > Hi there. Terribly sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Our normal > response time is less than 24 hrs, but this weekend and the beginning of > this week we have been busy with our 914 on-line ordering system, which was > installed yesterday. In addition, we have a new section for Porsche Stuff > (keychains, hats, models, etc.) that can all be ordered on-line. > > Needless to say, while working out the bugs on the catalogs, I fell behind > on email. I apologize for that on my behalf. > > Anyways, the gauge pops out real easy from the front. You should be able to > just push/pull it out and then disconnect the cable. Wait a sec, I don't > even think that your car has a cable. I'm pretty sure that this unit is > electronic and uses an electronic sender on the transmission. Bob (in Tech > Support), can you confirm this? > > Thanks, > > Wayne > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mikestockton@worldnet.att.net > > [mailto:mikestockton@worldnet.att.net] > > Sent: Saturday, June 19, 1999 10:53 AM > > To: pelicanparts@csi.com > > Subject: Odometer question > > > > > > I read your article on fixing the odometer and I feel that my problem may > > be a whole lot simpler. Both the odometer and the trip stopped on my '80 > > 911 SC. My thought was to simply unscrew the cable from the back of the > > odometer by going through the trunk. However, with all of the ventilation > > system blocking the way I could not get my hand through. I wanted to take > > the cable out and try to spin it with the wheels stopped. I would assume > > that this would tell me if the cable had snapped. Any word on how to do > > this? Should I pull the gauge and unscrew the cable that way? I would > > like to see if it is just the cable before I go taking the face off of the > > gauge and all of that good fun. > > > > Thanks, > > Mike Stockton > > > > P.S. Great site! > >