How do I get the circuit boards apart? I have all the bolts of the first 'level' out, but the 2 boards seem connected by the white multi-pin connector (See pics). How do I get them apart so I can get the next level of board out?

Thanks, Kirk :seeya

 

Nevermind... :withstupid:

It was just stiff.......

 

VH

What was your cluster doing that needed it to be torn apart?
Please let us know what you find and how you fixed the problem. I'm very interested.

Bill Curlee :thumbs:

 

Here's were the problems, and how it was resolved;

The main lights would sometimes work, but mostly not. Only half of the fuel gauge lights worked, the tach had a crack, fuel economy and trip odometers were not legible. Basically, I could tell my mph, my temps, and pretty much know my rpms. :cry

I bought a damaged cluster from a fellow forum member (thansk Alex H.), which had a trashed speedometer, but everything was supposed to work fine.

I thought it was going to be an incredibly difficult and tedious task to merge the 2 units into 1 good unit (as some other forum meber said it would be). So I figured I'd slowly take apart the unit that was out of the car and see what I was up against. Well, lo and behold, it was incredibly simple! :thumbs: When I had the whole unit disassembled within 20 mins., I ran out to my car, took out my cluster, and put everything together to make a good one.

Once everything was together, I went out to the car, plugged in the connectors to test, and viola! It lit up like Christmas morning! :hurray:

Everything now wotks like it should, and I owe a huge thanks to Alex!

Now I'm starting to think about changing the digital colors! :D

So, if you've been hesitating to work on your dash, don't, just do it!

Kirk :seeya

 

I repaired the instrument cluster in my 88 coupe. To get the boards apart; look for the 8 pin connector that holds the 2 boards together. Pull the boards apart at that point.

When I repaired mine, the 12 volt circuit between the boards had crystalized so I drilled out the pin and replaced it with a heavier gage pin. No more problems. Also look for any cold solder joints on the boards and touch those up. Use a low watt soldering iron, not a gun.

 

My display is faded where the speedometer is. Is this something that I can fix or would have to replace that part? :confused: