Hello again,, i am attempting to replace the ribbon in my 2004 vogue, i have it out but cannot figure ho to open the thing,thereare 2 clips on the top and2 clips on thebottom that don,t seem to do anything, what am i missing, or an,t it be done without breaking something the videos on utube show he tape being replaced but not how to get the thing open. Any help or advise will be appreciated.

I just had mine done and I watched the guy do it he broke off several clips on the back with pliers in order to get it open.

try straightening the black lugs straight and then the cluster should pull apart

Hello, well i managed to get it apart withut breaking anything off but i now find i have the bonded tape on the ff.i had bought the non bond and so i am not sure if this will work. I cantget thetape to stick and when i try to assemble it the tapejust falls out. Is there a special glue to use or am i up thecreek without a paddle ?

make sure you get rid of any old glue on the circuit board - i used cotton buds and nail varnish remover on mine - you need the contacts to be nice and shiny

i used thin matt sellotape on mine and lined up the contacts from the new lcd to the board and pressed down firmly left to right and then tried it back in the car to make sure it worked before putting it all back together

Thanks for that i will give that a try, the videos i watched just stuck it down so i thought there must be some trick i was missing.

Well its done but not perfect, but better, now this has raised another issue, i have had the suspension inactive issue for a while and have tried a number of remedies, this was partly why i attempted to do the pixels so that i could read what my iid tool was showing. Befor doing the pixel the suspension error used to clear after standing a while, an hour or two, then it would only show after traveling about 5 mins. Now after removing and refitting the instrument cluster the inactive suspension will not clear even using the iid tool, i did the hard reset disconnecting the battery, no change.any ideas?

have you done the steering wheel reset?

with the engine running turn the steering wheel from left lock to right lock ?

Done that i just fail to see what the instument cluster has to do with suspension falults except to report, not cause.the iid tool reports temporary suspension disable and clears the fault but as soon as i switch off bong and inactive suspension.

I had that on mine but I drove round my paddock 360 degrees on full lock cleared and has not come back again. When I had my cluster repaired it reset everything on the main computer for some reason.

Land Rovers will always amaze you with its capability and its ability to amaze, i will now look for an appropiate runway. Thanks for the tip.

Just got mine back today after I was too scared to do it myself!

Went for a white LED upgrade too! It's amazing how many errors I couldn't see before

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