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Old 04-08-11, 04:44 PM
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For those that have fixed their clusters...

I have been looking into getting my cluster fixed I think I found the cause why it isn't working.



I think those are obviously burnt.

On the second picture, I'm nut sure if it is burnt or is that grease that it used to solder but to be on the safe size I'm going to replace it



Does any one knows what kind of capacitors these are?
Old 04-08-11, 07:11 PM
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Is this an FD?

I also need to know where to get the 2 capacitors to fix the tach. Radioshack didn't have the exact sizes.
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What was wrong with yours? On mine the odometer stopped showing.
Old 04-08-11, 08:22 PM
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On mine the odo, speedo and tach are not working. They used to go out when I the gas pedal would got to the floor but if I cycled the key it would come back. I traced wires and the cluster is getting power.
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Weird ain't it? I'm not good at the electronics thing. I probably have mine repaired of replaced.
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the cap looks fine. the 3 glass ones are zener diodes. this type of diode has a specific reverse breakdown voltage that you will need to match. best bet would be to find a working cluster and measure the values there.
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+1 ^^ The zener diodes act as a voltage regulator of sorts, and if you are not accurate on this, it could cause other issues, from not working at all, to possibly frying something else, or just giving you weird readings depending on their function.
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Originally Posted by prrex4ever
What was wrong with yours? On mine the odometer stopped showing.
Mine stopped working a week after I bought the car, turned out whoever did the battery relocation didn't use a good ground point, which caused the battery to drain and odometer not to work, I moved the ground and got a new battery and the odometer has been working since.
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i was an avionics technician in the airforce in australia and fixed circuit boards etc to component level, mate lookin at those pics there is a lot wrong with your cluster it has shorted causing major overheating
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if i was you i'd be getting a new cluster
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Well I want to fix it because I want to use the odometer on the 99 spec cluster. That way I can display accurate Milagros. I do have access to some aviation technicians (I'm an aviation ordnance tech) I just need to figure. Out what kind of diodes they are. So I guess I can do that once I get my new one. Thanks for the inputs.
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