instrument cluster doesnt work
instrument cluster doesnt work
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Go out on the engine and find the sensors. The oil pressure guage sensor should have a white/red wire, and the water temp sending unit should have a red/white wire. With the key on, take each wire off the sensor and ground it, and then take it off ground. Each time you do this, the guage should swing back and forth.
I don't see a fuse for this circuit, but I don't have the exact diagram for your truck. If you just bought this truck, then I am assuming over time the gauges quit working one by one, and the previous owner never repaired them.
If you just took the dash apart and replaced it, then it may be a loose connection.
Is there anything that has happened lately to cause this? The sending units usually give all the trouble, not the cluster itself. New stereo install?
I don't see a fuse for this circuit, but I don't have the exact diagram for your truck. If you just bought this truck, then I am assuming over time the gauges quit working one by one, and the previous owner never repaired them.
If you just took the dash apart and replaced it, then it may be a loose connection.
Is there anything that has happened lately to cause this? The sending units usually give all the trouble, not the cluster itself. New stereo install?
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thanks franklin. i just thought it was strange that they are all out at the same time. which would mean to me a central fuse somewhere. it is the original cluster. what is the white wire coming out of the column that plugs into the dash cluster? matt
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