[V8] 94 v8 instrument cluster

Ed Kellock ekellock at gmail.com
Tue Jul 26 21:09:07 PDT 2016


Started out with the oil pressure gauge pegged on the high side. This was
back in like January.

Then the fuel gauge started not reading properly when under a half tank.

Then the temp gauge started reading too high, affecting the operation of
the electric cooling fan.

I pulled the cluster today thinking I could just take it apart and resold
some pins, forgetting that the design was changed.

I did some cleaning of pins etc with DeOxit, reassembled and went for a
test drive.

The oil psi gauge was still pegged but the other gauges seemed to operate
properly. Then not, but not as badly as before.

I sat in the driveway and let it idle and unplugged/plugged the black
connector in the back of the cluster.

At one pint the oil psi gauge popped back to a normal reading. It hasn't
done that for months. I revved the engine and it responded appropriately.

I messed with the connector again and couldn't reproduce... the gauge
remained pegged.

This is when I quit for the day.

Feeling a bit overwhelmed.
Ed


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