Circuit board question

[rustneversleeps]

I had a long distance friend send me a Circuit Board for free for my 88 325i E30 Cluster....Found out that the Circuit Board i have is a VDO and the one he sent me is a Motometer C.B.
My question is can i use his Motometer Circuit Board in my cluster even though the cluster says VDO.

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[rustneversleeps]

So will it work...

[george graves]

I had a long distance friend send me a Circuit Board for free for my 88 325i E30 Cluster....Found out that the Circuit Board i have is a VDO and the one he sent me is a Motometer C.B.
My question is can i use his Motometer Circuit Board in my cluster even though the cluster says VDO.

Why did he send you just the board?

[rustneversleeps]

Why did he send you just the board?

It was a spare he had from his son car and he was nice enough to send it to me for free...I never met him or seen him and he was kind enough to send i.
I posted mine C.B. on Bimmerfest forum and he saw mine was in rough shape... but when i received it was a Motometer and mines a VDO..he's new to E30's and never met him or seen him and never though it would make a difference that what i like to know if it will work...

[Gregs///M]

It was a spare he had from his son car and he was nice enough to send it to me for free...I never met him or seen him and he was kind enough to send i.
I posted mine C.B. on Bimmerfest forum and he saw mine was in rough shape... but when i received it was a Motometer and mines a VDO..he's new to E30's and never met him or seen him and never though it would make a difference that what i like to know if it will work...

Yes, VDO and motometer are the two manufacturers of cluster parts. They are completely interchangeable. Here is an outline of interchangeable parts

-All late model parts interchange, VDO or Motometer
-All Early model parts interchange, VDO or MM
-Early model parts will NOT interchange with late model EXCEPT fuel and speedometer gauge.

[rustneversleeps]

Sorry for the late reply .but that great news cause i notice the one that was in my car, those 2 screws that hold the cluster were to long for the CB wasn't push in enough and kinda of pinch or broke the circuit..

this what it looks like..





you can see were the screws pinch the board.