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Stan2stan2 said:
Paul, thank you for the help, I have managed to get the glove box off, and can see why the light doesn’t work.

I am going to see if I can glue the left hand side plastic fixing, but I don’t think it will hold.

I took the carpet out which felt wet to the touch, damp even. I have checked the under floor compartment and that’s dry.

So I’m thinking just condensation.
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I'd also check the AC condensate drain. It's the rubber hose at the top-right of the picture, going through the bulkhead. The outlet gets mucky and the hose backs up with condensate that then drips from under the glove box. Pull the outlet out of the bulkhead, lift the flap at the end and clean it out with a pipe cleaner.

Admittedly it seems unlikely to be the cause given the time of year, but well worth doing while you're there.
 
depronman said:
I sell a repair part for the broken switch on the glove box
Only £3.50 plus the postage of £1.65
It is a permanent fix to the glove box light issue

Actually the very first part I ever 3D printed for the A2’s back in 2016. Have lost count of the number of these I’ve sold since then but is well into the hundreds

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Sold, can I order one please?

Jae.
 
Checked the Condition of the cambelt, it's due a change, looks like sooner rather than waiting for warmer days
 

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steveb said:
Checked the Condition of the cambelt, it's due a change, looks like sooner rather than waiting for warmer days
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Is water getting on that belt? The last windscreen I had fitted is too low, made the rubber grommet for the wiper spindles off center.
Water is getting inside the timing belt cover and rusting mi pullies. Grrrr. My belt looks the same colour as yours. Hope you don't have the same windscreen fitter as I do.
 
Hello all,

Busy afternoon here at 2work Towers:

Today I… Have been playing with instrument clusters with my DIY RNS-E and Instrument Cluster bench test rig:

VCDS for coding and testing
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Excuse the up-taped wires, these are for the DIS stalk and CAN connectivity to the RNS-E Quadlock connector that I cannot find. I’ll solder these up later on once I’ve found the missing element somewhere in the garage

VAG EEPROM Programmer for SKC retrieval, odometer correction and firmware read/write functionality
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Note I’ve still got the HEX-Net cable fitted, I use a different cable for the SKC type software

Here’s my new hybrid TDI cluster which used to be an S3 Quattro cluster with white scales/foils. It’s now got A2 standard TDI scales and has had my own TDI firmware written to it. I’ll test it in the car but I’m confident that it might well work. If not then nothing lost as I only purchased it for the white scales. :
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Here’s my original spare TDI cluster that was removed to make way for the other spare TDI cluster with the fresh new 3DcolorMFD screen.
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Factory solution to white scales

I might just add the white scales/foils to the latest instrument cluster with the shiny new screen; just need to run this cluster for a while to see if I like the look.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
2work said:
Hello all,

Busy afternoon here at 2work Towers:

Today I… Have been playing with instrument clusters with my DIY RNS-E and Instrument Cluster bench test rig:

VCDS for coding and testing
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Excuse the up-taped wires, these are for the DIS stalk and CAN connectivity to the RNS-E Quadlock connector that I cannot find. I’ll solder these up later on once I’ve found the missing element somewhere in the garage

VAG EEPROM Programmer for SKC retrieval, odometer correction and firmware read/write functionality
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Note I’ve still got the HEX-Net cable fitted, I use a different cable for the SKC type software

Here’s my new hybrid TDI cluster which used to be an S3 Quattro cluster with white scales/foils. It’s now got A2 standard TDI scales and has had my own TDI firmware written to it. I’ll test it in the car but I’m confident that it might well work. If not then nothing lost as I only purchased it for the white scales. :
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Here’s my original spare TDI cluster that was removed to make way for the other spare TDI cluster with the fresh new 3DcolorMFD screen.
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Factory solution to white scales

I might just add the white scales/foils to the latest instrument cluster with the shiny new screen; just need to run this cluster for a while to see if I like the look.

Kind regards,

Tom
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Hmm, S3 cluster you say,... does it mean that A3 clusters are almost identical to A2 ones?
 
Evening Joakim,

From inspecting the PCBs of both the S3 8L and the A2 I’ve been unable to notice any differences and it received the A2 TDI eeprom/firmware just fine. I’m yet to test it in the vehicle which I’ll get to soon enough. I’m quite sure the same might be for the A2 FSI which could well work in an A2 TDI with a firmware re-write. I’ve got a FSI DIS cluster here that I’ll test in the next few days. If either of these work fine then it’s another avenue to obtain a TDI Full DIS cluster for DIS retrofits which seem to be more difficult to come by.

I don’t yet have a definitive answer but will be conducting further testing over the coming weeks when I have time.

Sorry I could t be more precise right now Sir.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
CrispyEdd said:
Wow this is really cool Tom, will be lots of requests coming your way!
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Hi Edd,

Missed your post earlier Sir, yes it does look quite nice, still unsure if I’m going to stick with this arrangement though but it might grow on me. I’ll not be looking at taking requests on cluster upgrades as this is just a personal venture I’m toying with but if you was ever passing and swapped out OEMs Webasto then I’d gladly look at your instrument cluster haha.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
2work said:
Evening Joakim,

From inspecting the PCBs of both the S3 8L and the A2 I’ve been unable to notice any differences and it received the A2 TDI eeprom/firmware just fine. I’m yet to test it in the vehicle which I’ll get to soon enough. I’m quite sure the same might be for the A2 FSI which could well work in an A2 TDI with a firmware re-write. I’ve got a FSI DIS cluster here that I’ll test in the next few days. If either of these work fine then it’s another avenue to obtain a TDI Full DIS cluster for DIS retrofits which seem to be more difficult to come by.

I don’t yet have a definitive answer but will be conducting further testing over the coming weeks when I have time.

Sorry I could t be more precise right now Sir.

Kind regards,

Tom
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Evening,
that is interesting as A3 clusters are easier to find. I have spare A2 clusters but only nonDIS unfortunately.
Inspiring. My petrol A2s are all without DIS but having also 1.2TDIs which by default have DIS from factory I have learned to appreciate the DIS (especially considering what can be observed in these particular cars).
 
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Joga said:
Evening,
that is interesting as A3 clusters are easier to find. I have spare A2 clusters but only nonDIS unfortunately.
Inspiring. My petrol A2s are all without DIS but having also 1.2TDIs which by default have DIS from factory so I have learned to appreciate the DIS (especially considering what can be observed in these particular cars).
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Hi Joakim,

Please don’t go and spend any funds on non-A2 clusters just yet as I’m still testing here at 2work Towers. I’m also not playing with clusters to go into a petrol engined A2 right now, currently concentrating on the TDI AMF with the later Q suffix Instrument Cluster as these seem to be more difficult to come by. Our resident breakers here in the UK tend to get more petrol instrument clusters than the TDI equivalent which has sparked my current enthusiasm for this testing.

Shame you’re not closer as I have a redundant 1.4 petrol Full DIS cluster here that I was going to retrofit into a particular Pine Green A2 but ended up selling the car to a certain somebody who put a 1.6 Golf engine in it. This cluster obviously has the UK style MPH/KPH scales that might need to be changed to just KPH scales but these can be taken from the Half DIS cluster… If you’re ever passing Leicestershire then it’s yours Sir.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
2work said:
Hi Joakim,

Please don’t go and spend any funds on non-A2 clusters just yet as I’m still testing here at 2work Towers. I’m also not playing with clusters to go into a petrol engined A2 right now, currently concentrating on the TDI AMF with the later Q suffix Instrument Cluster as these seem to be more difficult to come by. Our resident breakers here in the UK tend to get more petrol instrument clusters than the TDI equivalent which has sparked my current enthusiasm for this testing.

Shame you’re not closer as I have a redundant 1.4 petrol Full DIS cluster here that I was going to retrofit into a particular Pine Green A2 but ended up selling the car to a certain somebody who put a 1.6 Golf engine in it. This cluster obviously has the UK style MPH/KPH scales that might need to be changed to just KPH scales but these can be taken from the Half DIS cluster… If you’re ever passing Leicestershire then it’s yours Sir.

Kind regards,

Tom
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Tom, just a thought, couldnt your cluster exploring here be of a level of general interest to consider a thread of it own?
At least I am duly impressed.
Having just the other day started a small project to sniff on the drivetrain can bus my desktop look a bit like yours btw ;).
If Leicestershire wouldnt be so far away, but on the other side, if you pass my neighborhood a fika would be standing waiting.
 
Joga said:
Tom, just a thought, couldnt your cluster exploring here be of a level of general interest to consider a thread of it own?
At least I am duly impressed.
Having just the other day started a small project to sniff on the drivetrain can bus my desktop look a bit like yours btw ;).
If Leicestershire wouldnt be so far away, but on the other side, if you pass my neighborhood a fika would be standing waiting.
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Hi Joakim,

Our paths may well cross one day so hold that thought Sir.

My reason for posting this evening was to generally show what I’ve been up to as I’m quite happy with the bench test setup I’ve made up from connectors I removed from a breaker A2. I never even considered creating a fresh thread going into specifics about this venture as it’s all new to me right now but I guess it’s a natural progression to share what I’ve have learned so far and what will become knowledge soon enough.

Leave it with me and I might just start a thread explaining how I made my bench test rig and what I’ve learnt about different instrument clusters being compatible with the A2 TDI. Another reason why I attempted to use a different/more ready available instrument cluster was sparked by Nathan @NateS2 who made a comment seen in the below picture:

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All I have done is pretty much what Nathan suggests above.

More testing to be done on this theory before I could start a separate thread but it’ll happen if a works out.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
2work said:
Hi Joakim,

Our paths may well cross one day so hold that thought Sir.

My reason for posting this evening was to generally show what I’ve been up to as I’m quite happy with the bench test setup I’ve made up from connectors I removed from a breaker A2. I never even considered creating a fresh thread going into specifics about this venture as it’s all new to me right now but I guess it’s a natural progression to share what I’ve have learned so far and what will become knowledge soon enough.

Leave it with me and I might just start a thread explaining how I made my bench test rig and what I’ve learnt about different instrument clusters being compatible with the A2 TDI. Another reason why I attempted to use a different/more ready available instrument cluster was sparked by Nathan @NateS2 who made a comment seen in the below picture:

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All I have done is pretty much what Nathan suggests above.

More testing to be done on this theory before I could start a separate thread but it’ll happen if a works out.

Kind regards,

Tom
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I know from being a designer at a VW group company or companies that at one point all these clusters (or Kombis) were basically the same from VW Lupo to Audis, Lamborghinis and Bentleys.
 
Joga said:
Hmm, S3 cluster you say,... does it mean that A3 clusters are almost identical to A2 ones?
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They’re very similar, but do not work in the A2. The CAN ‘dialect’ is different, meaning they don’t fully interface with the rest of the A2’s systems, irrespective of firmware.

Cheers,

Tom
 
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Here are a few A2 clusters with OEM white scales that I’ve created over the last few years. I think they’re rather beautiful, and they look especially good when driving at night.

There are a few of them driving around the UK. Parts are rare, but I have a few in stock (for both petrol and diesel A2s) should anyone be interested.

I’ve made loads of OEM custom clusters for A2s, also without white scales. Perhaps these merit a post of their own.

Cheers,

Tom

With white strike-through needles and ColorMFA.
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With red strike-through needles and ColorMFA.
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With standard red needles and ColorMFA.
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With red strike-through needles on a basic cluster with MiniDIS.
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With white strike-through needles on a basic cluster.
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@ICowie, this could look amazing in your white TDI.
 
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