EUREKA Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 I recently upgraded from idiots lights to a "full cluster". Unfortunately when I tested my new gauges, I found that the fuel, Oil PSI , and water temp gauges were not functioning. Having just replaced the assorted senors and with confidence in my wiring harness condition and eliminated C101 connector, I decide to begin troubleshooting by examining the gauges. I found that tiny wires coming from the windings had been broken free from their solder joints. I used some tiny pieces of 22 gu. copper wire to bridge the broken wires back to the post/nut where they originally soldered. Below is the wire from the windings laying next to the 22gu copper before the two are soldered together. As per usual I got excited after finishing the repair and forgot to take pics. I'm sure you can imagine what the conductors looked like soldered together. This successfully repaired my gauges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EUREKA Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 I know you have to be a dumb ape to over tighten the hardware but in my defense Ive never done it on the other cluster swap I've done (all later HO clusters) and having a little dielectric grease where the screws contact the printed circuit thingy made is easier to over tighten. At least I was also a clever enough ape to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-man930 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Very nice! Just goes to show you can fix almost any of this stuff if you aren't intimidated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EUREKA Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 hours ago, A-man930 said: Very nice! Just goes to show you can fix almost any of this stuff if you aren't intimidated. I'm rarely wise enough to be intimidated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-man930 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 31 minutes ago, EUREKA said: I'm rarely wise enough to be intimidated. I'm stealing that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYau Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Wow, good find it's not easy troubleshooting old electronics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EUREKA Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 Thanks. I figured it could hurt to take a close look and it paid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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