dash gauges
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From: lowell Indiana
dash gauges
I can but hardly see my gauges in my 84 C4 where should i start before i buy a new on I see they can be sun faded or the bulb or lcd what should i do first before replacing or how can I check it Thanks I am new and can ask 1000000 questions Thanks to all have so much to learn.
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Hardly see.....better description needed.
Are they blacked out...as in you can't see anything unless you shine a light in there or the sun shines into the lens??
Are your Turn signals and high beam indicators illuminated?
Are they blacked out...as in you can't see anything unless you shine a light in there or the sun shines into the lens??
Are your Turn signals and high beam indicators illuminated?
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From: lowell Indiana
pannel
I was wrong and dont think this is good,I went to look at the gauges I can see evrything all the gauges when the key is not in there.so does this mean the led is bad I was going to order bulbs will that light it up at all or is the gauges shot Thanks John
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i was wrong I can see all the gauges speedo and gas so on when no key is in will bulbs help or is the cluster bad if so do i need a led or a new cluster Thanks John
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From: Orl Fl
OK I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEN BUT ON MINE THE TURN SIGNALS & HIGH BEAN LIGHT I CAN SEE THEM WHAT DOES THIS MEAN...?
DOES THE CENTER INFO PANEL IS DISCONECTED WILL THIS NOT LET THE CLUSTER WORK.....?
THANKS GUYS....!
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From: lowell Indiana
dash lights
I can see everything but not lit up even when the car is off it does not change when I turn it on or turn the ****.I put a flashlight up to the square and it did not change,should i try replacing the bulbs or is the gauges bad I hope it is just the bulbs wishfull thinking
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John, I think your bulbs are bad
Batman, you need to go to Batee.com and look through it. It is just a guys private webspace....but He has posted the most comprehensive DIY fix for these clusters. Your cure is only 3 hours away if you follow directions correctly.
Just make sure you have the correct "Nutdriver" that he post and a soldering iron. Other than that, just basic tools.
Batman, you need to go to Batee.com and look through it. It is just a guys private webspace....but He has posted the most comprehensive DIY fix for these clusters. Your cure is only 3 hours away if you follow directions correctly.
Just make sure you have the correct "Nutdriver" that he post and a soldering iron. Other than that, just basic tools.
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From: lowell Indiana
John, I think your bulbs are bad
Batman, you need to go to Batee.com and look through it. It is just a guys private webspace....but He has posted the most comprehensive DIY fix for these clusters. Your cure is only 3 hours away if you follow directions correctly.
Just make sure you have the correct "Nutdriver" that he post and a soldering iron. Other than that, just basic tools.
Batman, you need to go to Batee.com and look through it. It is just a guys private webspace....but He has posted the most comprehensive DIY fix for these clusters. Your cure is only 3 hours away if you follow directions correctly.
Just make sure you have the correct "Nutdriver" that he post and a soldering iron. Other than that, just basic tools.
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From: Deltona FL
Based on seeing everything with no key in it, to me it sounds like your cluster is sunburned, With the key and lights off you should see nothing on your cluster. I have the same problem and I found a guy on that auction site that repairs/replaces clusters feedback was good and price seemed fair.
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From: rowlett tx
Based on seeing everything with no key in it, to me it sounds like your cluster is sunburned, With the key and lights off you should see nothing on your cluster. I have the same problem and I found a guy on that auction site that repairs/replaces clusters feedback was good and price seemed fair.
Le Mans Master
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Based on seeing everything with no key in it, to me it sounds like your cluster is sunburned, With the key and lights off you should see nothing on your cluster. I have the same problem and I found a guy on that auction site that repairs/replaces clusters feedback was good and price seemed fair.
These black "liquid crystals" are shadowing the back light until an electro-magnetic signal pulls the liquid crystals to one side and that allows the back light to shine threw a "colored" lens.
If you shine a light into it with the key off or no power...you'll see the colors....they don't go anywhere.......That is how an LCD works.
I'm not sure how this sunburn thing works.
If the bulbs in the back are not shining.....there is a reason why.....and the most common reason is that they are burned out...next common reason (when all four go out at the same time or all four flicker) is that one of the large components hanging on a 90° mounted ~25 year old PC board have vibrated enough to crack the old a$$ solder, causing a short.
Per batee.com , All you have to do is take the board apart, and using a 15.99 Soldering iron from Radio Shack, you heat that solder back up and "RE-Flow" the solder.
It is a simple fix. Please go to Batee.com before you send your Cluster to anyone for a repair that you could do yourself.
Last edited by jhammons01; Mar 8, 2010 at 10:17 PM.
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http://www.batee.com/corvette/dcrg/problems.shtml
http://www.batee.com/corvette/dcrg/r...den/index.html
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...135-post1.html
Last edited by rodj; Mar 8, 2010 at 10:05 PM.
Le Mans Master
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Rodj, all those links are gone now....too bad.....I am not sure what we would do without the following....
http://batee.com/corvette/index.htm
http://batee.com/corvette/index.htm
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My dash is very dim following an engine rebuild and the temp gauge is reading high. Batee.com indicates it might be a missing/bad cluster ground; since I have a missing tach filter ground I suspect the cluster has the same issue.
Thanks for the link...
Thanks for the link...
