Speedo/Tach/Fuel Gauge Dies

[Scott Geyer]

Having some issues with my 3 gauges suddenly turning off when I'm driving and then coming back on. Has anybody had this issue? And were able to fix it?

 

[Gtstorey]

Beyond saying it's most likely a loose connection, it's hard to tie this down beyond that. It could even be a loose connection into the BCM.

Robinjo is dealing with this, at least to some extent, (1) GM Low Speed Data Wires | DF Kit Car Forum with no fix yet.

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Turn your car on and start wiggling dash harness wires to see if the gauges drop out.

 

[Scott Geyer]

Ok. I will try that.

 

[Robinjo]

Having some issues with my 3 gauges suddenly turning off when I'm driving and then coming back on. Has anybody had this issue? And were able to fix it?

My issue is a little different but I did have that at one point. I put spacers in between the cluster and the bar to get the cluster wires off the bar. It made that particular issue go away. I had to also buy longer bolts to hold the cluster to the frame.

My particular problem now is that the speedometer isn't working and I'm getting a Power Steering error on the cluster.

 

[Scott Geyer]

My issue is a little different but I did have that at one point. I put spacers in between the cluster and the bar to get the cluster wires off the bar. It made that particular issue go away. I had to also buy longer bolts to hold the cluster to the frame.

My particular problem now is that the speedometer isn't working and I'm getting a Power Steering error on the cluster.

Let me know if you figure our the power steering alert on the dash. That happened to me the first time I started it up last month and it lasted about a minute

 

[Scott Geyer]

Hey Guys. Just a follow up from my last post. Have not had any issue with my Speedo/Tach/Fuel gauges going off until tonight. I attached a pic of the warning light that came on (bottom right) when I lost the gauges during my drive. Does that mean anything to anybody?

 

[Robinjo]

Mine did this and it was because the cluster was too close to the bar behind it and pinched the wires. I got longer shank bolts and spacers to get it off that bar.

 

[Scott Geyer]

What size bolts did you go with?

 

[Robinjo]

What size bolts did you go with?

I can’t remember. It was the same pitch and size as stock, just longer.

 

[Scott Geyer]

Thanks

 

[Scott Geyer]

These 4 bolts on the dash, correct?

 

[Robinjo]

Correctamundo. Getting longer of those and making spacers out of a couple nuts solved my issue with the cluster.

 

[Scott Geyer]

Thanks again. I'm going to do that

 

[Rttoys]

There should have been spacers in one of the packages for the buttons. This is the best pic I could crop to show at least the top spacer.

 

[Robinjo]

There should have been spacers in one of the packages for the buttons. This is the best pic I could crop to show at least the top spacer.
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I had to use more than the stock spacer.

 

[Scott Geyer]

Where sid you end up putting the larger spacer?

 

[Rttoys]

I think I stacked spacers on the bottom of the cluster, but there’s a few long spacers that are for the bcm.

 

[Scott Geyer]

Guys. Another quick question on the spacers. Since I have spacers already on the bottom bolts. I should do the same for the top? I bought Lonnys Goblin, so I'm not sure if he added the bottom

 

[Traé]

Guys. Another quick question on the spacers. Since I have spacers already on the bottom bolts. I should do the same for the top? I bought Lonnys Goblin, so I'm not sure if he added the bottom

There should be a small spacer on the top already. The longer one is for the button panel on the bottom. I don’t have DF’s button panel so I could be lying, but this is how mine is installed.