Ski 61701
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Before I yank out my dash cluster for a 3rd time, hopefully someone can give me an idea whats going on.
I have a 64 Dodge Polara dash with gauges and clock. I took the entire unit and gas sender to a vendor I found in Hemmings. I had the amp gauge replaced with a volt meter. I bought all new sending units oil and water, I cleaned the wiring harness at the bulkhead (new engine harness) and oem dash. The dash harness was a little dirty but crc really cleaned up stuff. I go to reassemble, I dielectric greased the bulkhead connection.
I put everything back together per his instructions and low and behold no gauges. Long story is he had me hook up amp gauge wires red to positive on voltmeter and black wire to negative post on gauge. Needless to say nothing worked other than clock and volt gauge. I then hooked red and black wire to positive post on voltmeter and grounded the gauge. Now I have oil gas and water. Well gas and water. Found out the pin for oil gauge on the back of the circuit board was loose. I take out dash n drive 2.50 hrs to have him fix pin and recalibrate gas gauge. Full tank of fuel only showed less than 1/2 tank uuurgh.
I thought all was well....wrong. new quartz clock doesnt work, it has power. Tonight I while in the car I turned key to run gas gauge starts to climb, but its only between 1/2 &3/4 and I start the car and I have no oil gauge reading, and the gas gauge is slowly dropping to empty.
After about 30 seconds or so, the gas and the oil gauges start working, how accurate I cannot say because now I wonder. I have good grounds on cluster / engine.
He put a new voltage limiter on back of dash one that has led light on it.
So I'm going to take dash out again. But before I do, what if any tests can I do to trouble shoot it myself?
Id like to be able have a better idea so when i take it back I can tell him to check this /that rather than I tell him whats going on and I fly blind and go through the hassle of putting it back together only to have to take it apart again. There are other things that were wrong but I've rambled enough. If I didnt spend 1k on this I'd bite the bullet. I really loathe some of these "so called" experts, I just wish my electrical skillsets were better.
Thanks,
Steve
I have a 64 Dodge Polara dash with gauges and clock. I took the entire unit and gas sender to a vendor I found in Hemmings. I had the amp gauge replaced with a volt meter. I bought all new sending units oil and water, I cleaned the wiring harness at the bulkhead (new engine harness) and oem dash. The dash harness was a little dirty but crc really cleaned up stuff. I go to reassemble, I dielectric greased the bulkhead connection.
I put everything back together per his instructions and low and behold no gauges. Long story is he had me hook up amp gauge wires red to positive on voltmeter and black wire to negative post on gauge. Needless to say nothing worked other than clock and volt gauge. I then hooked red and black wire to positive post on voltmeter and grounded the gauge. Now I have oil gas and water. Well gas and water. Found out the pin for oil gauge on the back of the circuit board was loose. I take out dash n drive 2.50 hrs to have him fix pin and recalibrate gas gauge. Full tank of fuel only showed less than 1/2 tank uuurgh.
I thought all was well....wrong. new quartz clock doesnt work, it has power. Tonight I while in the car I turned key to run gas gauge starts to climb, but its only between 1/2 &3/4 and I start the car and I have no oil gauge reading, and the gas gauge is slowly dropping to empty.
After about 30 seconds or so, the gas and the oil gauges start working, how accurate I cannot say because now I wonder. I have good grounds on cluster / engine.
He put a new voltage limiter on back of dash one that has led light on it.
So I'm going to take dash out again. But before I do, what if any tests can I do to trouble shoot it myself?
Id like to be able have a better idea so when i take it back I can tell him to check this /that rather than I tell him whats going on and I fly blind and go through the hassle of putting it back together only to have to take it apart again. There are other things that were wrong but I've rambled enough. If I didnt spend 1k on this I'd bite the bullet. I really loathe some of these "so called" experts, I just wish my electrical skillsets were better.
Thanks,
Steve