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Old 26th June 2023, 11:26 AM
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Mine would always sync when garage stored (but mine wasn’t in a Faraday cage!) so with a degree of signal blocking was fine. Think I had to pull the fuse once when it got confused and needed resetting

Well done @ronin for finding the OEM bracket - I suspect they’re even harder to find now than when I fitted mine!
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Old 27th June 2023, 06:25 PM
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Am I cool now as well?


I’ve heard that there is a ‘short cut’ to accessing the proper location for the radio clock. Is it documented anywhere?
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Old 27th June 2023, 08:45 PM
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Well done @ronin for finding the OEM bracket - I suspect they’re even harder to find now than when I fitted mine!
That's the actual same oem bracket from post #1 of this thread
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Old 27th June 2023, 11:42 PM
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I don't see any shortcturs to do this right.

Cluster out
both transmission tunnel covers out
Glove box out
Driver side knee panel out
head unit out
climatronic out
vents out
Whole stereo cage out
Fit radio clock module
connect clock module to cluster
cluster back in
put everything else back in

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Old 28th June 2023, 07:37 AM
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The only shortcut is to not put it in the oe location.

Cluster out
Tuck it in the top of the dash with the foam pads
Cluster back in
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Old 28th June 2023, 11:41 AM
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That's the actual same oem bracket from post #1 of this thread
Good to see bits of Sergey’s car live on ��

Mine was fitted on Sergey’s drive on a Saturday morning - it wasn’t that bad if you knew (as Sergey does) how everything comes apart. I would’ve broken something doing it on my own, for sure!
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Old 28th June 2023, 12:02 PM
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I also have his heated MFSW, had his MFSW clock spring (which i melted) and i think i have his diesel engine under tay
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Old 28th June 2023, 12:32 PM
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I fitted my clock unit without taking the cluster out, as I already had the knee panel off: http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showpost....20&postcount=7
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