Gauge Needle broken, is it fixable?
10-26-09, 10:36 PM
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Gauge Needle broken, is it fixable?
I just started the car today and my water temp needle just went all the way to the end. is this fixable or do i have to buy a new cluster.
10-26-09, 11:36 PM
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I just started the car today and my water temp needle just went all the way to the end. is this fixable or do i have to buy a new cluster.
HOW did it get UNDER the needle rest? did u open your cluster at all?
should be fixable just have to open her up....
there are some posts on here where people HAVE opened their clusters
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10-26-09, 11:43 PM
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that happened to me once when i disconnected the battery with the key in the ignition. I just disconnected it again without the key in there and it went back to normal.
10-26-09, 11:46 PM
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that happened to me once when i disconnected the battery with the key in the ignition. I just disconnected it again without the key in there and it went back to normal.
dude look at the pic. his needle is UNDER the needle rest. that happened to you? it looks like he tampered with it truthfully but i dunno for 100%
10-26-09, 11:48 PM
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did not open her up guys. i only removed the cluster today to remove the vsc and vsc off bulb. due to the TT swap the trac control does not work.
10-27-09, 08:21 AM
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HOW did it get UNDER the needle rest? did u open your cluster at all? should be fixable just have to open her up ....
That's what she wants..LOL....I'm not sure you can fix it, you might want to check with the local speedo techs...
10-27-09, 09:18 AM
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hah omg im sorry but i lol'ed when i saw the pic
10-27-09, 09:25 AM
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how is that evan possible? btw did you change your speedometer , i mean your is White! most I've seen are green?!?!?
10-27-09, 09:25 AM
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how did u get the white gauges??
10-27-09, 12:12 PM
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how is that evan possible? btw did you change your speedometer , i mean your is White! most I've seen are green?!?!?
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how did u get the white gauges??
someone has opened this cluster. i like that white though
10-27-09, 02:34 PM
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someone definitly opened it and converted it to white, and put the needle on wrong
10-28-09, 07:38 AM
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can you post how u changed it to white???
10-28-09, 09:36 AM
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^I'm pretty sure he doesn't know since he didn't open the cluster himself.
10-28-09, 09:43 AM
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Easy fix. Take the cluster out again and put it under a bright light so you can see the needles. Flip it upside down and slowly rotate it until the needles go back to their normal positions. For some reason the needles don't self calibrate when you turn it on. They rely on the 0 mark being the pin stopper.
10-28-09, 11:13 AM
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can you post how u changed it to white???
uhhh you sure you want him to post that ? look at the needle work!
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Gauge Needle broken, is it fixable?
