Odo/Trip & Time date displays failing

[Nick Jones]

1999 A8 D2 FL 2.8 2WD
The Odo/Trip and Time/date displays are just barely legible at first start on a cool morning and become rapidly illegible as things warm up. Appears to be the displays themselves are faulty.


I know this isn't a new question. I have had a trawl of this (and other) forums.

This is what I found on this forum.
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=15315
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=12914
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=13040
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=12556
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/album.php?albumid=118
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=12007

Possibly I could send the cluster away to one of the many cluster repair companies. I'm not keen on this idea as the car is my daily driver and if the cluster went astray, getting the car running again would be a world of pain. Also, I'm cheap and can drive a soldering iron quite well.....

So, my main questions:
Has anyone ever found a source for the two offending displays? This bigger central ones.... easy. These two I cannot find.

Failing a new source, what probability I could salvage a the displays from (say) a B6 A4 cluster or similar and transplant? Anyone tried?

Cheers

Nick