anyone in Melbourne that can help retrieve SKC?

[AALocksmiths]

If you can send it then yes I can get the PIN from the clusters.

I find ebay to be really helpful when I look for parts like this. Try ebay.de .As you have time on your side at least you wont be at the mercy of local wreckers
Audi A3 Tacho Kombiinstrument Analoganzeigen Reparatur | eBay

[IanPGonzaga]

ok thanks i will be in touch when i organise another set of clocks. even the wreckers i called said to just replace them.... $400 i'm like um would rather spend that on other car stuff thank you very much! lol

the link you gave me... the picture is for an A3 i'm guessing as my LCD is the one that's full screen whereas that one is half and half... although my model of cluster is listed there... so that makes it confusing...

also wouldn't mind looking into who you were thinking about in Melbourne too?

[IanPGonzaga]

current state of the display... it's a little OCD and i can turn it off but if it's in my face and i can see it all the time it'd be good to have it fixed and not dodge

[AALocksmiths]

I tried to send you a PM but your inbox is full.

What model (S3?) and year is your Audi?

Can you take the back plastic cover off and take a picture of it as there are a couple of different types.

If it is just the pad that has been torn from the PCB it might still be repairable. IT could be worth going to someone that repairs TV's or phones ans ask if they have the materials for pad repairs.

[IanPGonzaga]

i just got the email! LOL

inbox cleared

it's an '02 model. i'll get you pics in the next couple of days and get the board checked out by those places to see if they can help... have also discovered one of the LED's close to where the missing contact is now doesn't light up either *sigh*

[AALocksmiths]

Ok, thanks. Being that year there should not be any issues getting the PIN from just having the cluster.

The guy who stuffed it, is it a business?? Surely they would be fixing their stuff up?

[IanPGonzaga]

well once i decide what to do (get it checked out by a proper electronics specialist place or source a replacement cluster) i will let you know RE: pin pulling. thanks for the info tho

got the contact off gumtree so props wasn't the best idea and now this guy is ignoring all contact

[AALocksmiths]

got the contact off gumtree so props wasn't the best idea and now this guy is ignoring all contact

As the guy is doing it as a business (whether he thinks so or not) it would be worth taking it one step further and lodging a complaint against him, by not doing anything think about all the other people he could rip off.

I know it's tempting going for these cheap services but I think this case shows the importance of knowing that you are dealing with a legitimate business who not only knows that they are doing but also are insured for if it goes bad. Everytime I read or hear about getting keys coded by someone they found on Gumtree it makes me cringe, these guys "giving it a go" don't know how it is actually done or how to fix it if it doesn't work. Can you afford the $2,000+ fix if you had to pay the dealer to fix it?

[IanPGonzaga]

awesome $2k+ ... that won't be happening any time soon

it's not something that is considered as urgent, it still works just that it's not how it should be you know? and i hope it doesn't affect getting a roadworthy...

thanks for your thoughts eh

[YellowLemon]

I realise this thread is old but there is a guy in Richmond Melbourne who has the full Abrites AVDI interface with all modules active, he can read EEPROM, get the SKC/IMMO code, takes about 30 seconds. He helped with the Highline cluster swap in the Tiguan last year. Cost around $100 to read the code. If anyone is interested for the future the details are:

Carl at C.Q. Auto Electrics
147 Church Street
Richmond 3121
phone 03 9428 6476

For interstate people, the aussie distributor of the AVDI device is Scanner Automotive, maybe contact them and ask if they have any interstate. workshops ... 'we have the technology!!'

AVDI can do brand new keys at a fraction of the cost that VW charges. In fact this guy has many Melbourne dealerships as his customer because they CBF paying $$$ to VW Germany and waiting ages for keys. (Yeah I guess car dealerships must lose a lot of keys for cars on the showroom floor, test drives, etc etc)