Hi, Thanks for the reply. The car is a 4 speed and i have the bezal screws out and the bezal tilted forward. My main concern is that the ignition switch won't start the car. Thanks again
The instrument bezel needs a chassis ground . You may have already fryed some things like gauge voltage limiter. Grond the potmetal instrument housing to the dash before proceeding.
Oddly enough , if you pulled the hand brake, that indicator bulb would come on and with the headlights one the other dash lights would too but dont try this. Everything in the instrument cluster would attempt to ground through the switch on the park brake lever.