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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 11:25 AM
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so i spent the last week taking out everythging but my engine to clean up the engine bay. JUst put everything back in and chekced all the connections three times over. Now my car starts and runs fine except my instrument panel doesnt work. Everything else works fine. What could i have done wrong, what am i missing here.
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 12:25 PM
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Well, the only reason the instrument cluster would just stop working is if you left every connector unplugged for it or you fried all the electrical stuff inside of it. Does your speedo work? cause if that doesn't work, then you either unplugged the connector for it or seriously screwed everything up.
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 12:30 PM
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none of the gauges work.... the only two lights that come on now are the overheat exhuast and the battery light, which is weird because these lights never came on before, which leads me to believe i didnt leave something unplugged and something else is seriously messed up. ANy ideas?
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 12:30 PM
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you forgot to ground something, or you blew a fuse
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 01:32 PM
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alright so i had a shitty fuse... this is brought back all the right lights and the 4 aux gauges, but my speedo and tach are still not functional... where are the hook ups for these guages?? so i can figure out where my bad connection is
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 07:05 PM
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the tach runs off the traling coil. the speedo cable runs directly from the back of the gauge to the transmission.

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