What is this?

[Jamez 2147483647]

so i got a 1985 318i, thats the one with the m10 engine

there is a little circle below the 7 of the rev counter with a recess with the number 06 in it, now i havent seen this on any other bmw's befor and i cant seem to find any info on it.

hopefully you can see what i mean in the pic

thanks in advance for any help

[greenday-rulz21 4]

I like your creativity with the cluster! If only it were true!

A picture facing directly into the hole might help, to me it only looks like a small chip in the face of the gauge.

[Jamez 2147483647]

A picture facing directly into the hole might help, to me it only looks like a small chip in the face of the gauge.

i couldent get a picture 2night as the flash on the cam ruins the whole pic straight on, all thats in there is the number 06 about 2-3mm deep and its really small, isn't that much to see but ill take a pic 2moro in the light

[greenday-rulz21 4]

Allgood mate.

Someone should know anyway, I thought the majority of bimmersporters had E30's!

[Cale 36]

If only it were true!

Sure its true! This is an e30 we're talking about!

Never seen that before- must be your average rpm

[jordyboy2 0]

Looks like its a light to me, but thats a random guess

[Apex 693]

Shift light? Does it ever glow? Rev it out to its limiter and see

[Mark 178]

Shift light? Does it ever glow? Rev it out to its limiter and see

On an M10 318i?!

ROFL!

[Jamez 2147483647]

Shift light? Does it ever glow? Rev it out to its limiter and see

haha i rev the sh*t outta it and theres no light its just a little hole with the number 06 in it, i'm prolly gunna take it apart this weekend and replace the SI board battery, to me it looks like there is a dial behind it and the number can be changed

it is weird how i haven't seen any other rev counters like it in an e30, maybe it got replaced and its a rev counter from another car? as the only other rev counters in e30's i see have fuel millage at the bottom.

[Apex 693]

LPG?? CNG??

[Jamez 2147483647]

LPG?? CNG??

Petrol?

[matt45 1]

i have a similar LED looking thing at the end of the speedo ( by 260km/hr) no idea what it is ... maybe related???

[joshnz 2]

i have a similar LED looking thing at the end of the speedo ( by 260km/hr) no idea what it is ... maybe related???

Ditto.

[Jamez 2147483647]

K so i took the whole unit out to see what it was, turns out it was the "codier stecker" lols i think it means code plug or sum sh*t in english. go pics to show

not whats the point in it?

[oscar90 0]

Ditto.

yup same, maybe it flashes if you get around that far

[jjs 60]

I was under the impression that they are "tamper lights", i.e. they come on if the speedo has been tampered with

[Mark 178]

Is it a light to tell you that you have exceeded 100k's an hour? a lot of jap import cars have this sort of warning.

[Tomo 0]

according to this page on StrictlyETA.net its a cluster coding plug which appears on the earlier model clusters. Not sure with the e36's having something next to the speedo though, would guess tamper lights like crockett.