mr2boost is referring to the gauge cluster alone, not the climate control. I'm just curious how many the MKII has in climate control, I'm assuming it'd be the same amount. When I pull mine out, I'll try to remember to grab some pictures of the assembly, and then maybe you can start doing this for MKI owners too

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As for the dimmer... any reason why it wouldn't dim...? I know I nudge (pushed the wheel) it a bit when I had the dash pulled out, but I didn't think that would prevent it from working at all. I guess I'll pull it apart Wed. on my day off and see what I can manage with it.