Gauges

[Muncher]

Hey so only my rpm gauge is working right now. I took my gauge cluster off. What should I be looking for to see what's wrong? Or something else I should be looking for to fix this problem 

[Muncher]

[Muncher]

Seems like maybe the battery gauge might be working but none of the other ones 

[eaglescout526]

Maybe you have idiot light senders for your gauges, bad grounds, dirty cluster contacts, dirty sensor contacts. Could be a number of things. Have you done the cruiser ground mod for the cluster yet?

[Muncher]

1 hour ago, eaglescout526 said:

Maybe you have idiot light senders for your gauges, bad grounds, dirty cluster contacts, dirty sensor contacts. Could be a number of things. Have you done the cruiser ground mod for the cluster yet?

No I haven't. I did clean the one ground towards the drivers door under the dash that I belive is for the gauges and I cleaned the contacts going into the gauge cluster it self. Are there any fuses for the gauge cluster  that might be bad ?

[eaglescout526]

There’s only one fuse for the cluster and it would cause the whole cluster to not work. That’s about it for fuses. 

[Muncher]

8 minutes ago, eaglescout526 said:

There’s only one fuse for the cluster and it would cause the whole cluster to not work. That’s about it for fuses. 

Is that a normal size fuse or a big one? I just would find it weird that all the sensors would be bad or dirty except one. 

[eaglescout526]

It’s a normal fuse in the block marked gauges. I wouldn’t find it weird. Especially if they are 30 years old. Your battery isn’t really a sensor but more of how many volts the alt is putting out. The fuel gauge is obvious but those other two just depend on how much resistance their is from the sensor to the gauge. 

[Muncher]

24 minutes ago, eaglescout526 said:

It’s a normal fuse in the block marked gauges. I wouldn’t find it weird. Especially if they are 30 years old. Your battery isn’t really a sensor but more of how many volts the alt is putting out. The fuel gauge is obvious but those other two just depend on how much resistance their is from the sensor to the gauge. 

Might need to replace all the sensors then 

[eaglescout526]

8 minutes ago, Muncher said:

Might need to replace all the sensors then 

Don’t be so quick to judge them. You can always ohm them out and make sure they are reading right. 

[Muncher]

1 minute ago, eaglescout526 said:

Don’t be so quick to judge them. You can always ohm them out and make sure they are reading right. 

Yeah ill have to do that soon 

[Muncher]

Thinking that maybe my cluster is just bad. I checked out the speedo cable from the transfer case all the way to into the fire wall and there's no damage to it or anything. Yet it still doesn't work. So maybe I have to replace my cluster ?

[eaglescout526]

I see it has the cruise speed sensor adaptor in place on the back. Is that all good and connected? It’s an analog speedo and not a digital just in case you were confused. 

[Muncher]

3 hours ago, eaglescout526 said:

I see it has the cruise speed sensor adaptor in place on the back. Is that all good and connected? It’s an analog speedo and not a digital just in case you were confused. 

yeah i know that. and yes it is connected. so I'm just going to jack the rear end up tommrow take the cluster off and see if the speedo cable is spinning or not 

 

[eaglescout526]

It could very possibly be broke.