Date:         Tue, 5 Jun 2012 08:56:19 -0400
Reply-To:     pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: cluster troubleshooting
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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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
>