Cluster failure?
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Cluster failure?
Hey so if anyone could lend me a thought or 2 on this I have a 88 corvette and my problem is that my dash goes completely dark unless I have something compressing the bottom left hand side of the cluster and even then it seems to go out sometimes and and I have to give it a small love tap to get it working again. I’ve completely tooken it apart and can’t find anything that could be an issue. Should I get it rebuilt or is there a better or orthodox way of fixing I just really don’t want to throw 300 bucks at it if I don’t have to.
Pro
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From: Wisconsin
First off, welcome to the forum. Lots of help you can get here.
Go to this site below and read thru a lot of their info and videos too that should help. If not you could call them.
They are highly recommended.
https://batee.com/
Go to this site below and read thru a lot of their info and videos too that should help. If not you could call them.
They are highly recommended.
https://batee.com/
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2022
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From: Liberty, SC
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If tapping it and/or pressing on it makes things work fine you simply have a loose connection. The problem will be finding it. You'll have to pull the dash to send it off anyways, so try to do it yourself. Batee definitely has a lot of great info on its site.
Watch their videos. Take your IP out. Watch the videos again. Take it apart, watch select videos a third time - by now, you'll know what you're looking at. Find any connections and tweak them ever so slightly to make them connect better (dont break any). You'll probably find the problem. A multimeter would be helpful for checking continuity too.
Watch their videos. Take your IP out. Watch the videos again. Take it apart, watch select videos a third time - by now, you'll know what you're looking at. Find any connections and tweak them ever so slightly to make them connect better (dont break any). You'll probably find the problem. A multimeter would be helpful for checking continuity too.
Pro
Joined: Feb 2009
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From: Vancouver Washington
As the other guys mentioned, check out Batee if you are handy. Otherwise, bite the bullet and send it off to get fixed.
I have touched every part on my 86 and sent my dash off to be repaired. I didn't want to deal with it. Besides, the transmission swap was in progress and there was time.
I have touched every part on my 86 and sent my dash off to be repaired. I didn't want to deal with it. Besides, the transmission swap was in progress and there was time.
