The cluster is out, you won't believe what I found
I would not assume that. I've repeated this many times. Dash clusters vary, but here is "most" of what was wrong on my 67
1...Broken damaged pins. I elected to solder pigtails to the board traces and use a pair of "Molex" style connectors instead of the original connectors. Just scrape through the board coating and solder to the board
2..Others have advised.....add a ground pigtail
3...On mine, the spring contacts forming the IVR socket were not making contact with the board traces!!! I had to solder jumpers across between
4...Replace the nuts on the gauge studs with "real" nuts. "Work" them loose / tight several times to scrub clean
5..Replace the IVR with a modern solid state one. I bought mine from RTE but their website seems to be MIA some times
In the photo the black wires are the added ground. There are two because one jumpers over to the second board
The blue / white is switched ignition power
This is mainly to show the jumpers from the board to the IVR spring contacts
I don't solder as well as I used to. "Can't see" LOL
I would not assume that. I've repeated this many times. Dash clusters vary, but here is "most" of what was wrong on my 67
1...Broken damaged pins. I elected to solder pigtails to the board traces and use a pair of "Molex" style connectors instead of the original connectors. Just scrape through the board coating and solder to the board
2..Others have advised.....add a ground pigtail
3...On mine, the spring contacts forming the IVR socket were not making contact with the board traces!!! I had to solder jumpers across between
4...Replace the nuts on the gauge studs with "real" nuts. "Work" them loose / tight several times to scrub clean
5..Replace the IVR with a modern solid state one. I bought mine from RTE but their website seems to be MIA some times
In the photo the black wires are the added ground. There are two because one jumpers over to the second board
The blue / white is switched ignition power
This is mainly to show the jumpers from the board to the IVR spring contacts
I don't solder as well as I used to. "Can't see" LOL