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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 01:13 PM
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Instrument Cluster Guage Failure

I have a 1994 Ford Ranger, 2.3l, ext cab, and one morning I got in the truck to go to work and none of the gauges worked. The gauges worked on the way home from work the previous evening. No work had been done to the truck to create an issue. I have replaced the fuse at the main fuse panel in the engine compartment and the fuse in the cab interior fuse panel. I had a spare instrument cluster and replaced it. This did not work either. I have placed the original cluster back in the dash. Obviously the speedometer works. All of instrumentation lighting, turn signals, high beam, brake light indicators are operational. Extremely Frustrated! Has anyone had this problem before and what is the cure?
 
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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 05:29 PM
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You have lost the ground for the instrumentation, a schematic will help you find it and tap in a new ground to chassis.
 
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Old Feb 11, 2012 | 08:39 PM
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Ground Issue

Well the lack of ground was a faulty pin in the dash connector. Frustrating search, happiness afterwards.
 
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