I'd replace that printed board even if it looks good but that's me. Yes there will be a way to power the bulbs but it will involve tracing the circuit back to the plug. Did the car come with a tach? That makes a difference on a lot of the wiring.
1969 ford mustang mach 1 ( Instrument panel, cluster, gauge) help!
Hello all,
I have a 69 mustang mach 1 390 and I'm working on restoring the car to it's original glory. Attached are photos of the front and rear sides of the cluster gauges, and I have a few questions regarding it. First, I'm trying to get all of the light bulbs to light up when i provide power to each bulb. When I removed each bulb, I was able to get each of them to light up, individually, by attaching a wire to each end of the connector (on the bulb) and then the other to power and ground. So i know they each work properly. However, when I place the bulb back into the printed circuit on the the back of the cluster, they will not light up.
1) Is there a way I can attach a ground wire and power supply to the back of the printed circuit to check all of the light bulbs at once?
When I first purchased my car, I noticed the fuel gauge and temp worked. The speedometer would work, however it sometimes would fluctuate in the actual speed I was going.. however this issue was very intermittent and I would drive sometimes for 20 miles without it having this issue. The Tachometer, however, did not work at all. When I removed the cluster from the car i noticed the tachometer had a plug in the back of it, however it was never plugged in. I've been reading a little bit about how people would "bypass" the tachometer due to the fact the car would not start sometimes with it plugged in? Anyways, I would really like to have the tach working in this car and I was unable to locate the other end to plug it into (inside the car).
2) How do I hook up the tach and check to make sure it will work?
Lastly, my printed circuit looks pretty worn out, however I don't know for sure due to the fact this is the first one I've ever seen. Based on the looks, would you all recommend getting a new printed circuit or is the one I have look pretty good? If you look closely, where the cluster plugs in, It looks like one or two of the copper connectors maybe broke off at one point? I'm not sure.
The following lights do not work properly, and I'm attempting to get each one of them remedied. Keep in mind, I have the interior of the car completely gutted and the wiring harness is completely exposed to allow me to have access to whatever I need.
-High Beams
-Left Front Turn Signal
-Temp Gauge Light Bulb
-Interior Cluster Gauge Light Bulbs (none turn on while driving at night)
-The dimmer, also appeared to not be working properly, the two rear interior rear lights do turn on, but do not dim down. And before you ask, I made sure to check the dimmer switch was not all the way down keeping the gauge lights low.
Thank you for your help and time!!!
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I have a 69 mustang mach 1 390 and I'm working on restoring the car to it's original glory. Attached are photos of the front and rear sides of the cluster gauges, and I have a few questions regarding it. First, I'm trying to get all of the light bulbs to light up when i provide power to each bulb. When I removed each bulb, I was able to get each of them to light up, individually, by attaching a wire to each end of the connector (on the bulb) and then the other to power and ground. So i know they each work properly. However, when I place the bulb back into the printed circuit on the the back of the cluster, they will not light up.
1) Is there a way I can attach a ground wire and power supply to the back of the printed circuit to check all of the light bulbs at once?
When I first purchased my car, I noticed the fuel gauge and temp worked. The speedometer would work, however it sometimes would fluctuate in the actual speed I was going.. however this issue was very intermittent and I would drive sometimes for 20 miles without it having this issue. The Tachometer, however, did not work at all. When I removed the cluster from the car i noticed the tachometer had a plug in the back of it, however it was never plugged in. I've been reading a little bit about how people would "bypass" the tachometer due to the fact the car would not start sometimes with it plugged in? Anyways, I would really like to have the tach working in this car and I was unable to locate the other end to plug it into (inside the car).
2) How do I hook up the tach and check to make sure it will work?
Lastly, my printed circuit looks pretty worn out, however I don't know for sure due to the fact this is the first one I've ever seen. Based on the looks, would you all recommend getting a new printed circuit or is the one I have look pretty good? If you look closely, where the cluster plugs in, It looks like one or two of the copper connectors maybe broke off at one point? I'm not sure.
The following lights do not work properly, and I'm attempting to get each one of them remedied. Keep in mind, I have the interior of the car completely gutted and the wiring harness is completely exposed to allow me to have access to whatever I need.
-High Beams
-Left Front Turn Signal
-Temp Gauge Light Bulb
-Interior Cluster Gauge Light Bulbs (none turn on while driving at night)
-The dimmer, also appeared to not be working properly, the two rear interior rear lights do turn on, but do not dim down. And before you ask, I made sure to check the dimmer switch was not all the way down keeping the gauge lights low.
Thank you for your help and time!!!
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Yes, Randy sent me everything I needed to connect the harness directly to the back of the gauge cluster. Drop an email to Randy. Likely, he knows how to fix your tachometer issue as well. Here's a picture of my cluster after everything was connected.
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