dookiemane
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Hey folks, I'm having a problem with some of the gauges in my '97 instrument cluster. The fuel gauge used to work then began to work intermittently, and now is completely shot save for sweeping sometimes when the car starts then returning to past E regardless of how much gas is in the tank. The trip meter and odometer are fully gone and have probably been dead years before I had the car. The temperature gauge sort of works? For the most part, it sits below cold but when the engine does overheat (a problem for another thread, ugh) it will shoot straight to hot but I don't know if that is how it is supposed to function.
I believe that I've ruled out the cluster itself because I replaced it with an almost exact replacement (from an automatic mine is a stick) and the exact same problems persist. This is my first car and it's a bit of a project so I've been trying to use it to teach myself to work on my own car, but electrical problems really intimidate me. Please give advice if you can!
I believe that I've ruled out the cluster itself because I replaced it with an almost exact replacement (from an automatic mine is a stick) and the exact same problems persist. This is my first car and it's a bit of a project so I've been trying to use it to teach myself to work on my own car, but electrical problems really intimidate me. Please give advice if you can!