Dashboard Dance!
06-03-2006, 09:40 PM
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Dashboard Dance!
92' SSEi My dashboard gauges, ie; Temp, Oil, Boost, Gas, and the In-Dash display are all dead. Sometimes they jump when gas pedal is applied but the second I stop accelerating they all drop dead. Any Ideas? Thanx 
06-04-2006, 04:45 PM
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more help please
Took out the dash, gutted the clusters, all looks good, although I'm not an expert at spotting electrical problems. I screwed everything back and pluggde the two main wiring harnesses back into the dash and turned the key.....NOTHING!! Since I have everything ripped apart I would like to finish this myself. What now?? lol
06-04-2006, 05:41 PM
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Hmmmm.
Try dropping the battery (not literally) but disconnect the negative. Funny story, in my 92 Ford one day the speedometer stopped working and along with with trans. I would shift, but like it had one hella shift kit in it. I could not figure out what the f*** was the matter with it. So I disconnected the battery for some reason; I don't remember why. It sat disconnected for 5-15 mins and then it was back to normal. It did it me few day after that and I did the same thing and it went back to normal. Have not had a problem with it since. Just a thought
Try dropping the battery (not literally) but disconnect the negative. Funny story, in my 92 Ford one day the speedometer stopped working and along with with trans. I would shift, but like it had one hella shift kit in it. I could not figure out what the f*** was the matter with it. So I disconnected the battery for some reason; I don't remember why. It sat disconnected for 5-15 mins and then it was back to normal. It did it me few day after that and I did the same thing and it went back to normal. Have not had a problem with it since. Just a thought
06-04-2006, 06:04 PM
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fuse
The fuse under the dash? yeah it'* good. I see alittle build up on the circuit board where ther cluster pins fit into it. What can I use to clean those tiny holes in the circuit boards?
06-04-2006, 06:08 PM
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Re: fuse
Originally Posted by gq9597
The fuse under the dash? yeah it'* good. I see alittle build up on the circuit board where ther cluster pins fit into it. What can I use to clean those tiny holes in the circuit boards?
Or alchol and a qtip. I cannot spell (Michigan school!) sorry.
Are you working on the car right now?
06-04-2006, 06:17 PM
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yeah
I have one of the boards right here in front of me. I tried a tooth pick and then a push pin to scrap off the yellow crap, but it seems to really want to stay on there. Ideally i would like to get some liquid on there to soften it up