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Old 08-24-2007, 10:13 PM
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i have a 1977 l-48. the speedo and tach lights work, however, none of the center bezel lights (i.e. temp, gas, voltage) work. also, i'm not sure if it's supposed to, but the shift selector light on the console doesn't work either. any solutions? thanks. dabrogger@hotmail.com
Old 08-24-2007, 10:28 PM
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Probably the connector on the back of the cluster.The contacts are fairly fragile.
Old 08-24-2007, 11:12 PM
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I agree. I have a 77 and i was just in mine.. Easy to take out. Dont forget the 2 screws at the bottom.
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ive never messed with mine. could you give me a little guidance?
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It's probably a grounding problem. Without disassembling anything, get a piece of wire (about 2-3 feet long). Strip the insulation from the ends. Turn on parking lights. Touch one end of wire to a known good ground area (or where a black wire terminates). Touch the other end to any chrome metal area on the gage cluster. Did your lights and gages start working? If so, rig up a permanent ground line to the gage bezel...the one it had no longer works.

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