Ladies and gents,
Who here has come out to their car only to discover that their tack or speedo has stopped working??? I HAVE!! lol
I will try to be as basic as possible but I have figured out how to diy repair our early clusters with a parts cluster from the junkyard... here it goes!
The first step is identifying that you have a problem, my tach worked on and off for a week or so until it just quit. I spoke to a company that does cluster repairs and they say that it is usually the stepper and it you work the needle manually you will feel/hear a baby grinding in the motor.
Disassemble your parts cluster, and de soldier one of the motors (they all look the same but I picked the tach motor) You will need an adjustable soldering iron and a decent soldier sucker (both of mine came from eBay years ago)
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-the problem with these motors is that the little magnetic ring comes loose from the plastic drive gear, a couple drops of super glue and you can probably save from having to buy a parts cluster. BUT you will still have to desolder it from the board.
The pics should be pretty self explanatory, let me know if you have any questions.
-the motors didn't seem to be available new, I imagine they are proprietary.
I don't have an electronics background, just automotive and I have been self teaching myself some new skills, anyone of you can do this with enough patience and steady hands!
Thanks for reading,
Tom
Who here has come out to their car only to discover that their tack or speedo has stopped working??? I HAVE!! lol
I will try to be as basic as possible but I have figured out how to diy repair our early clusters with a parts cluster from the junkyard... here it goes!
The first step is identifying that you have a problem, my tach worked on and off for a week or so until it just quit. I spoke to a company that does cluster repairs and they say that it is usually the stepper and it you work the needle manually you will feel/hear a baby grinding in the motor.
Disassemble your parts cluster, and de soldier one of the motors (they all look the same but I picked the tach motor) You will need an adjustable soldering iron and a decent soldier sucker (both of mine came from eBay years ago)
-the problem with these motors is that the little magnetic ring comes loose from the plastic drive gear, a couple drops of super glue and you can probably save from having to buy a parts cluster. BUT you will still have to desolder it from the board.
The pics should be pretty self explanatory, let me know if you have any questions.
-the motors didn't seem to be available new, I imagine they are proprietary.
I don't have an electronics background, just automotive and I have been self teaching myself some new skills, anyone of you can do this with enough patience and steady hands!
Thanks for reading,
Tom
