gabzor

Well I used to go out and just grab es300 needles from the yard and keep replacing them on my mom's cluster..

but i've done it now.. the rpm and temperature needles, are stripped or something, so they don't turn since the spring is out of alignment..

just tried to make things better and ended up making em worse.. story of my life :/

my soldering iron is too fat to do lexucan's method, and my soldering is terrible :/ only thing i've soldered is wires, and i have fat hands so its very hard to do such fine things.. :/

looks like i need to grab a junkyard cluster, and luckily these es300's retain the odometer..

anyone have any tips or advice? i just want to get this overwith so i don't touch the cluster ever again -__-

msekanha

Junkyard + cluster - $$ =

EEngineer

the temp gauge and fuel gauge are actually detacheable. if u find a junkyard cluster, theres a good chance one or two needles wont work. I just recently replaced my water temp, i know u can slide those two gauges out from the side

gabzor

ah alright, i was planning on getting just the needles done somewhere, and changing the whole cluster anyways

TaninAuto

Don't give up! I've got a few options for you: refurbished needles in a few styles, good, low mile oe needles, and complete and refurbished clusters. Check out some pics
http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/taninauto1/library/

gabzor

well sir, pmd.