HELP! Anybody who knows how gauges work!

[Kevin Phillips]

>I disassembled instrument cluster(IC), cleaned all contacts, used 
>deoxIT and ProGold

Be carefull with the contact enhancer in the IC. There are some very
small signals in it that could be persuaded to take the wrong route
with too liberal an application. I would clean most of it off, make
sure there is none between pins, sockets and tracks. The only bad
connections I had in mine were the 4 pins to the speedo itself.

When looking over a circuit board for bad connections, you need to
consentrate on large/heavy/hot components and all conections as they
are subject to strain and vibration.
Also, now you have handled the IC so much I would double check all the
lamps. You might take an over-dose of deoxit if you find them not
running after all this !!!!!!, that is if the cat did not beat you to
it.
Kev the Brit


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