Negative outcomes = 4 (a couple very negative!)
Positive outcomes = 4 and to various degrees and not all followed tutorial
Neutrals = 2
Nynex had a display that was just 'barely' starting to go bad relative to how bad these displays can and do often apparently degenerate to. He did to different repair techniques without testing each out individually first. It may be true that in his case only one of the two were necessary. Since we don't know all the different failure modes this item can be subject to it seems like a good idea
In the thread, rasA4 said great work on the tutorial but didn't say he had the problem let alone attempted to use the tutorial so we discount that one.
jojo. On the first day of the thread he comments on browser choice and decides to make the thread a sticky a little later on but never comes back and comments on using the tutorial or results.
Same for abdus, great looking guide, no comment on using it or even having the problem.
Dennis Moelle again compliments the look of the guide, says he has the problem and will have a go at repair but never reports back so again no definitive after task feedback from a thread contributor.
Dani B19 tries and reports back in a couple of days he made things worse including breaking the rev needle by turning it off in the wrong direction. One for the negative outcome column and he suggests removing the thread.
voorhees also makes a comment on the 'sticky' of the thread but nothing actionable on personal the use of the tutorial and the results.
Byzan A4 He claims "this old fix works 50% of the time". My first question is which fix? The adding of electrical tape to get a better compression fit or the remelting of the glue to try and get a better bond? We'd love to know where he gets his stats from because so far we cant' see that from the thread and I can't find anything else anywhere doing generic Google searches. He says he's going to try this on his A3 but doesn't report back either. The link to his home page doesn't work (for me anyway) so no instant joy there. I sent him a private message asking for feedback.
20vtmk3. a few posts but I think to summarize he had some limited success. One for the slightly better column.
Tuffty had a go with no change when it's all said and done. Neutral.
haugie says he'll try but we never hear back.
alonsodhv starts the process but his dash doesn't match the tutorial layout and he stops.
Prawn tries with neutral results.
petrol-head say's he'll try and we never hear back.
Paul, reno is unique. He doesn't use the heat gun, just compresses the blue tape back down and it works for him. Successfull fix but didn't use any heat. Humm. Makes me wonder if the compression fix should be attempted first as maybe the heat can do as much damage as good if one does't really know what they are doing.
xcuriouschickx never reports back that he used the tutorial or ever got it working.
paul26982 falls in the much worse off, negative outcome column.
kitpayne doesn't understand how to take the needles off or put them back on 'correctly'. He asks a question and we never hear back. Many others bring this general subject up. Should be added to the tutorial with some pictures and warnings about consequences like Dani B19 found out about.
nynex later discusses a rubber strip that has to be there in order for this to work when reassembled. It's not in the tutorial? Should be added?
maznaz tried and was a neutral but only discusses adding more heat. Did he try the extra packing/compression too?
Jonny 87 never reports back on results.
NellyB tried and it was worse off in the end. Another for the negative results column.
rambodinio tried and made it worse. Another for the negative results column.
Nate tried and had some limited success and reports he's going to try additional techniques but we never hear back.
