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Easy,
1.Plug your coding plug IN
2. install the two 7mm nuts behind the gas and temp gauge
3. reset your service interval via diagnostic plugOwner - Bavarian Restoration
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In the video I can see the receptacle for a coding plug, you will need to use one for your 91.Owner - Bavarian Restoration
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I do have the coding plug (from the old cluster) but I don't think it's going to work. Here's what I mean:
As you can see (hopefully the picture shows enough detail) there's just nothing back there. The plug was actually covered with a piece of plastic that I broke off, (you can still see the tabs that I broke it off of) leading me to think there's never been a coding plug in this thing.
I also don't see any 7mms on the back of the cluster. Did I just happen to pull out a really weird cluster?
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And there's no 7mm nuts because they are missing. They attached to the back threaded stud of the temp and fuel gauge. Those are the ground studs, and without a ground, they will go full red/full.Owner - Bavarian Restoration
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This is the plug socket for the 1982-1986 clusters. The 1986-1992 clusters have the coding plug in front.
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Okay, very good information as always guys. So from this I can conclude that my car has had the cluster replaced previously, since the VDO that I pulled out was using the older coding plug.
In this case, I don't have a coding plug. Somebody must have pulled it at the JY before I got there. I'll also need to find those bolts somewhere. Off to eBay.
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Originally posted by mikeb23ft View PostOkay, very good information as always guys. So from this I can conclude that my car has had the cluster replaced previously, since the VDO that I pulled out was using the older coding plug.
In this case, I don't have a coding plug. Somebody must have pulled it at the JY before I got there. I'll also need to find those bolts somewhere. Off to eBay.Owner - Bavarian Restoration
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