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Old 16th January 2019, 09:49   #21
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Strangely it seems some are “affected by that ghastly disease” but not others. I retro-fitted a message centre IPK to my 2000 V6 mainly because I wanted the digital speedometer, I took this screen from a RHD donor, and apart from perhaps 2 or 3 lines it’s fine and I don’t intend doing anything with it.

Yesterday I got a reply to a post here in Sweden from a guy who had a immaculate 1.8 message centre saved from a broken car who wanted to replace his diseased V6’s IPK.

Perhaps Rick can shed more light on why and give p2roverman a qualified answer too.

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ps. This morning: minus 16.2c
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Old 16th January 2019, 10:38   #22
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Strangely it seems some are “affected by that ghastly disease” but not others. I retro-fitted a message centre IPK to my 2000 V6 mainly because I wanted the digital speedometer, I took this screen from a RHD donor, and apart from perhaps 2 or 3 lines it’s fine and I don’t intend doing anything with it.

Yesterday I got a reply to a post here in Sweden from a guy who had a immaculate 1.8 message centre saved from a broken car who wanted to replace his diseased V6’s IPK.

Perhaps Rick can shed more light on why and give p2roverman a qualified answer too.

Regards

ps. This morning: minus 16.2c
Agreed. I would be very willing to learn - I'm just avid to know for the sake of pure historical knowledge, I'm a hopeless scholar - which series of 75 (built date & maybe spec) are affected.

Perhaps an occasion to set up a general survey to as many members as possible?

nb. -3° for me this morning. As usual you've won!
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Old 16th January 2019, 12:08   #23
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Received a message yesterday from Rick with a picture of my now repaired IPK, quite a difference, very pleased. Got a feeling that he might get a few more enquires from Sweden …

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You're welcome Mike glad it arrived safely

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Mmmhh... Looking at the lower dials I think we might offer Rick comfy & thick blanket & gloves to help him working safely in his office!
Or maybe testing extreme cold to secure the IPK for Sweden?
Lol if I had a pound for everytime I've heard someone mention the -30oc

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I thought these screens failed, not with lines as in the picture, but with gaps, i.e vertical lines that remain dark (the screen background colour). The absense of parts of the letters make it difficult to read. Are these screens repairable?
They fail with lines appearing vertically and horizontally. Some screens can lose multiple lines next to each other which effectively removes chunks from the screen. What you're explaining is what you can see in the pic And that is exactly what the deline repair is, to attempt to remove the lines.

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Strangely it seems some are “affected by that ghastly disease” but not others. I retro-fitted a message centre IPK to my 2000 V6 mainly because I wanted the digital speedometer, I took this screen from a RHD donor, and apart from perhaps 2 or 3 lines it’s fine and I don’t intend doing anything with it.

Yesterday I got a reply to a post here in Sweden from a guy who had a immaculate 1.8 message centre saved from a broken car who wanted to replace his diseased V6’s IPK.

Perhaps Rick can shed more light on why and give p2roverman a qualified answer too.

Regards

ps. This morning: minus 16.2c
All IPK screens eventually start showing lines. Some just last longer before they show lines than others. There's no trend for when they start to show lines either, I've seen high mileage clusters with no or very few lines and low mileage clusters with a lot of lines. The screens are affected by very hot and very cold conditions, so it's quite common to see lines appear during a heat wave or when temperatures drop to below freezing. Also have found that leaving a car unused for periods of time can cause the lines to appear.
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