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Tests are done
Finally took the speedo head out, added a wire to the back of the connector, put the speedo head back in and did the tests. AC voltage measured was over 4.5 Volts when driving, but speedo didn't work. When the speedo was working the voltage was the same. Tried re-soldering all the connections on the back of the speedo head, but did not resolve the issue.
I had a fight with Subaru Canada trying to get them to either give me the head for free, or give me a break on the price, but they were unwilling to recognize this as a manufacturing defect despite the numerous examples of this failure on a componenet that I expected to last the life of the car.
I've ordered a replacement speedo from the U.S. for $112.00 as the Canadian dealer wanted $250+tax for the unit.
Was able to download the entire service manual for the car from the subaru tech web site.
Shoud have the new head next week, so I'll repost after I've installed the unit.
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