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Old Jun 17, 2012 | 04:50 PM
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I was trying to fix the lighting behind my gauges and I couldn't get to it but I did take me gauge pointers off. Once I put everything back and took it for a drive my speedometer wasn't working correctly. And my RPM meter just stayed at 0. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
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Old Jun 17, 2012 | 05:15 PM
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Check wiring and plugs? If you didn't change anything out but took it apart and put it back together, I'd say that's your problem
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Old Jun 17, 2012 | 05:33 PM
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Yeah I took the plugs out of the back I didn't think about that. I thought it had something to do with taking the pointers off
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Old Jun 17, 2012 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Benyboy17
Yeah I took the plugs out of the back I didn't think about that. I thought it had something to do with taking the pointers off
That shouldn't hurt anything, I had a 99 mustang I did white faced guages on and had to remove those, but they just push back on and remember where they were when u took them out, I had to drive beside my friend at 40 mph and put my needle back on so it wasn't off
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Old Jun 18, 2012 | 01:48 PM
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Make sure you've cleaned the contacts on the plugs on the gauge cluster rear, and the pins on the connector themselves. I LED'd mine, and all of a sudden, the Oil pressure indicator and battery gauge read 0. Wound up being the connector on that side of the cluster wasn't making good contact after reconnecting it.
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