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Awesome vid james. Love how you just get in there and give it a crack. I'd get to the first screw and tap out.
Thank you for the video!!!
Is tackho works OK? Needle was on zero, but when you reinstall it, it became below zero
watching the video and noticed your white watch hands on the sports Chrono fell as well. Same as mine after I changed the face. Oh well. There may be a market in finding an answer to these hands.
Anyone knows if the needels goes of the same Way on a Cayenne 955?
any chance of getting white needles? that would look more OEM like the GTS
Any concern with a 991 911 with 100k miles? Running strong no issues?
When i try to remove the pointer from Temperature Gauge , from a Porsche Cayenne 958 2011 , the pointer can't be removed and after a little force to carefully remove it, it stop to work , the pointer is not "firm" , now its move very easly , Anyone has any Tip about it ? , the middle ( RPM ) wos easy to change the face , but the temperature pointer gauge stoped to work and pointer is loose and before wos very hard to move manually. Hope some one can help me.! Thanks.! Sorry My Bad English Too.! 😉
What happened to the chrono clock needles?
Great video. Can’t wait to tackle it myself soon!
The needle isn’t zeroed. Your RPM reading is going to be off.
I would glue the speedo to 40 mph so when you get stopped for speeding you can say, “I was only doing 40…look.”
Does the RPM self adjust or have a notch for the needle? look like its slightly lower on the red (when the gauges were out of the car)…
You put the needle back way below zero .. while originally it was slightly above zero …
Didn’t that completely effed up your RPM reading !?
Terrific video, thank you very much for putting this together.
I've wanted to do this for two years, looking for a solution, and here you were!
Happy Motoring!
Looks nice with the red, using white cloth gloves prob a good idea to stop the natural oils of yr skin penetrating the faces but nice work. Well done.
I did this and some feedback:
I had to remove the steering wheel and the airbag to remove the gauge cluster on my 991.1. * WARNING * – Unplug the battery and follow the workshop manual for 991 model before disconnecting the airbag. There is a danger of it blowing up and potentially killing you.
Gauge needles are factory calibrated to a stop. So, your "offset" is never calibrated. In order for the software to calibrate, there needs to be 2 mechanical stops (min and max). There is only one on these dials. I replaced all 4 dials and I took reference pictures and installed the needles back in the same spot as the dead stops. I noticed that you didn't do this and your RPM gauge is giving you wrong readings. You're going to be actually redlining your car by the offset amount. The internal shaft and the needle are smooth and there is no key. The only thing you have to go after is the dead stop of the shalf where the needles typically "rest" when the gauge cluster is off.
Again, to repeat, the ECU can never calibrate the gauge cluster. Modern BMWs have min and max stops so evertime you start the car, it can calibrate it. Porsches do not have this and they must be calibrated by the dealer or the factory. I matched with my reference pictures and it is pretty dead on. Yours didn't and you're going to accidentally over-rev your car!
Very impressive! And very brave, taking out the instrument cluster. Just curious, any new squeaks, creaks, or rattles after the cluster was reinstalled? Also, did you fabricate the red gauge yourself?
Please let us know when the tach face for the 991.2 is available. Hopefully in yellow.
Hi James, just wanted to thank you for taking the time to share your modifications. Your videos has given me the confidence to tackle some of the modifications you completed. I also have an Agate 911 with a red convertible top and the red belts. I ordered the tach face and chrono from your site! I’ll let you know when I get them installed! Thanks again.
…and the rpm meter showed the right rpm after the mod? I dont think so, the "arm" was way beside zero after the mod… check your vid, you will see the difference