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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 10:48 PM
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My gauge cluster (excluding fuel gauge) hasn't been working since I got the car. Today I decided to open it up and check it out. I made sure the nuts on the PCB were nice and tight and noticed some of the copper pin things where the big plug goes were bend out of shape, so I straightened as best I could and put it all back together.

Ever since that, the car won't start and my battery/choke light is stuck on (without keys in ignition). The lights turn off when I try to start the car (but get nothing).

Any ideas? All fuses are fine. Car was running fine just 30 minutes before I did this.

Last edited by Stooney; Sep 19, 2011 at 11:27 PM. Reason: im dumb
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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 10:53 PM
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Make sure you got the connector plugged back in correctly
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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 11:26 PM
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So after some wiggling, and...wait for it...putting my car in park (herp derp)...the lights are off and everything is working fine. Even got a couple gauges to start moving (accuracy unknown).

I'ts one of those days.
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