Outside temperature display
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Outside temperature display
Well, I fixed it.
The outdoor temperature display read 20 degrees pessimistic when I got the car. It was annoying, but relatively simple math to figure out the outdoor temperature.
The conventional wisdom in posts I read pointed to a bad outboard sensor. I ordered a new one ($65) and installed it (N.B. This required cutting the wire to size and soldering the connector pins). Result: the display read 23 degrees pessimistic.
I finally bought a used Fahrenheit display on e-Bay ($30) and installed it. It works perfectly now. By the bye, the new part (P/N 000 542 72 27) is $720
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The outdoor temperature display read 20 degrees pessimistic when I got the car. It was annoying, but relatively simple math to figure out the outdoor temperature.
The conventional wisdom in posts I read pointed to a bad outboard sensor. I ordered a new one ($65) and installed it (N.B. This required cutting the wire to size and soldering the connector pins). Result: the display read 23 degrees pessimistic.
I finally bought a used Fahrenheit display on e-Bay ($30) and installed it. It works perfectly now. By the bye, the new part (P/N 000 542 72 27) is $720
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