As most RR owners suffer from the dash pixel problem. Bought a ribbon for £24. Anyone fitted and will it end in disaster??

No... but you have my interest. Photos as you go please!

Not had the bottle to do it yet.

Cheapest I've seen the ribbon was £50 as well but not looked for a while.. still licking my wounds from todays automotive hit. 2010 Disco XS TDV6, 2009 Freelander 2 GS

Previous Landrover products -1990 110 TDI CSW, 2003 TD6 Vogue - RRC TD Vogue, RRC v8 Fleetline, Disco ES V8 LPG, 101 Ambulance "Morph", 1964 SIIa Auto Powered by Jag 4.2 Lump - "Percy".

Will do. AKspeedo.com and £24 notes inc delivery. Only had a couple in stock when i spoke to them though.

the trick is not to damage the connector where the ribbon is crimped as this is where your problem manifests lots of time you can undo this connection remake it and hey presto problem solved

If the ribbon is crimped, how do you remove safely and replace effectively? Is it hard work getting dash pod out and striping to required level?

removing the cluster is straight forward you have to be careful in dismantaling the cluster you will need to drill some plastic rivet heads out use an electric screw driver with a drill bit not a power drill when removing the ribbon use a hair dryer to warm it up to aid removal

thanks for the tips. Not going to rush into doing this job if honest until sorted out other little probs.

elpeede wrote:

No... but you have my interest. Photos as you go please!

Not had the bottle to do it yet.

Me too

Dave 1993 YZF 750 SP

Hmmm, it's £90 for someone else to do it. I usually advocate doing things myself, but in this instance I think I would rather someone else took the risk.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E38-E39-X5-Instr...230b896452 

oodathort wrote:

removing the cluster is straight forward you have to be careful in dismantaling the cluster you will need to drill some plastic rivet heads out use an electric screw driver with a drill bit not a power drill when removing the ribbon use a hair dryer to warm it up to aid removal

Did you remove the needles or drill holes to access the screws? This was the very worst part of the job, as far as I'm concerned. 
RRC 2Dr, RRC 4Dr,
P38, and 2 L322s
(wife thinks I'm nuts - prob right, too)

dan_uk_1984 wrote:

Hmmm, it's £90 for someone else to do it. I usually advocate doing things myself, but in this instance I think I would rather someone else took the risk.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E38-E39-X5-Instr...230b896452

letsavit wrote:

dan_uk_1984 wrote:

Hmmm, it's £90 for someone else to do it. I usually advocate doing things myself, but in this instance I think I would rather someone else took the risk.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E38-E39-X5-Instr...230b896452

Think ill go this way when i'm ready to lose driving the car for few days.


With the cluster out of the car for a few days i would like to keep the battery connected for the alarm, will this throw a fault?

Another thing...

My mileage is sometime hard to read, is this a MOT fail? 2004 black Vogue TD6

This should help you

yea have read that guide or similar.

Exactly why ill get someone else to do it, fiddley jobs like that usually involve me losing my temper and the whole lot smashed up...  2004 black Vogue TD6

I've just got in my car today, and the dashboard pixels have fixed themselves!!




(Now to see if the HDC inactive does the same..........)