I went down and looked at this again this morning and found that right above the plug for the dynamic oil pressure circuit (behind the speedometer) there is a crease in the foil where two wire lines broke (one includes the ground for the clock.)
I found an old post of Ken Wilford's suggesting Window Defogger repair kits as a way of repairing the foil (one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Permatex-15067-Window-Defogger-Repair/dp/B000HBI9YQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1338899609&sr=1-1 ) So I'm going to give that a try. I plan to sand off the thin side (the side that rests against the cluster) paint over the broken parts, and then---that's it, right? I think can probably not worry about having those connections exposed there in a very small area. Thanks again for the help! -Wes
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:06 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > At 10:19 PM 6/4/2012, pickle vanagon wrote: > >> obviously broken on the foil. Is there anything single point of failure >> that affects these two items? Everything else on the dash seems to be >> working. >> > > Can't help you with schematics right now, no gottum. The clock has its > own pin on the panel connector, as it's the only thing on the panel that's > always powered. Time to get out the voltmeter... > > Yrs, > David > |
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