Carrera Gauge Swap

KevinH1990 · 02-03-2013, 08:16 PM

I am continuing my effort to install a Carrera Gauge cluster in my 2000 Boxster. The Carrera cluster has a damaged clock/oil gauge lcd and you can see here:

I haven't found anyone who can repair a broken lcd, so I thought I would try installing the Carrera Gauge faces on my Boxster circuit board. You can see the results here:

When I use the Carrera gauge faces on the Carrera Board, everything works OK with the exception of the damaged lcd. (It works, but it is unsightly.)

When I use the Boxster circuit board, every works OK except the voltmeter. As you can see in the first picture, the Carrera/Carrera combination reads between 11 and 12 volts when the ignition is switched on. The second picture shows that the Carrera/Boxster combination reads 0 when the car is on.

(When the car is running, the oil gauge reads between 4 and 5 with either combination.)

Any suggestions on what I might try next? The circuit boards appear identical and have the same part number. However, there are so many components on each that it is not possible for me to be sure they are identical.

In this photo, the Carrera circuit board is on top and the Boxster is below.

faverymi · 02-04-2013, 08:12 AM

Im trying to do this in a 2003.

Can I pm with some question or a phone call?

Thank you. F.

KevinH1990 · 02-04-2013, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by faverymi

Im trying to do this in a 2003.

Can I pm with some question or a phone call?

Thank you. F.

I sent you a PM.

faverymi · 02-04-2013, 04:39 PM

Also check this company

Nationwide Speedometer and Instrument Cluster Repair

They are in your neck of the woods.

They advertise lcd replacement.

Worth calling

KevinH1990 · 02-06-2013, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by faverymi

Also check this company

Nationwide Speedometer and Instrument Cluster Repair

They are in your neck of the woods.

They advertise lcd replacement.

Worth calling

I went by today. They don't have the equipment to work on the "new" Porsche speedometers. Since this style of speedometer first appeared in 1996, the term "new" covers a lot of territory. They referred me to a guy in Chicago - Best Pixel Repair. He does replace lcd's but only on BMW's. He said the parts for Porsches are unavailable.

Right now I think I have two options:

1. See if a shop with a PIWIS can "turn on" the voltmeter on my hybrid Boxster/Carrera cluster. I'm not sure how that might work but maybe there is something in the software. I checked with my Durametric and that didn't work.

2. Check with Palo Alto Speedometer or North Hollywood Speedometer to see if they can make the voltmeter operational on my Boxster/Carrera cluster.

I paid $150 for the cluster, so I hate to see it go to waste. Maybe someone will need some parts and I can recoup some of the money.

KevinH1990 · 06:50 PM

Check out this post on the 986 Forum for more details on using the circuit board from a Boxster to replace a defective circuit board on a Carrera gauge cluster. This would allow you to use a Carrera cluster with one or more defective lcd's for a transplant and potentially save some money.

http://986forum.com/forums/general-discussions/43017-carrera-gauge-swap.html