Dano500
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- Houston, TX
- First Name
- Dan
- Truck Year
- 1984
- Truck Model
- K20
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- 5.7
I’m wanting to get started on putting new dash pad in, but I know it will be easier to deal with this now. I’ve searched other threads and have found some info, but would appreciate some help piecing together necessary steps.
So, only the volt meter works in the gauge cluster. It doesn’t light up with headlights, so I switched out the headlight switch and no change. There is a gauge cluster at the bottom of dash for oil, temp and volts, so I know they had to have disconnected original wires that corresponded to cluster, but I can’t find any loose wires in engine bay. The temp is a darker green and the oil sender wire is tan, right?
Assuming I were to find them and get them reconnected, I still have problem of no lights in cluster. So, I read in a thread that when fuel, oil & temp aren’t working in cluster to check the grounding of the cluster, so my question here is where are the grounding connections?
On top of that, I have a loose connector- yellow and purple wires from steering column that I cannot find a plug for it. Maybe this is the problem?
With regard to all of this, the only thing I have done is a new fuel sending unit.
I want to get cluster working, instead of using the pod below. I’ve attached pics of what I think you all could find useful in helping me out, and I really appreciate you for taking time out to help me.
-Dan
So, only the volt meter works in the gauge cluster. It doesn’t light up with headlights, so I switched out the headlight switch and no change. There is a gauge cluster at the bottom of dash for oil, temp and volts, so I know they had to have disconnected original wires that corresponded to cluster, but I can’t find any loose wires in engine bay. The temp is a darker green and the oil sender wire is tan, right?
Assuming I were to find them and get them reconnected, I still have problem of no lights in cluster. So, I read in a thread that when fuel, oil & temp aren’t working in cluster to check the grounding of the cluster, so my question here is where are the grounding connections?
On top of that, I have a loose connector- yellow and purple wires from steering column that I cannot find a plug for it. Maybe this is the problem?
With regard to all of this, the only thing I have done is a new fuel sending unit.
I want to get cluster working, instead of using the pod below. I’ve attached pics of what I think you all could find useful in helping me out, and I really appreciate you for taking time out to help me.
-Dan
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