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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Interior & Equipment => Topic started by: jrbarrie83 on October 18, 2013, 09:26:08 pm
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Hey all,
I replaced the incorrect gauges in my '83 Silverado with another set I bought recently at a swap meet. (When I bought the truck, it had aftermarket manual gauges, and all I had to replace them with were a set of the earlier style my dad had lying around.) The gauge that was in place had been working prior to removal. When I put the "new" cluster in, everything seemed to go to it's correct initial position, except the oil pressure gauge. It immediately went all the way up (pointing to the 3 o'clock position). What could be the problem? Is it just a lack of current from one of the connections? I figured it has to be either the connection at the gauge itself or the back of the cluster. Since the previous gauge worked, I figure one of these has to be the answer, but I had other things I had to get done this evening and had to leave it for now.
Thanks for the input!
Jim
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what year truck and what year previous and current cluster? Does the sender match the new cluster?
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Thanks for getting back to me bud. I actually figured it out - must have been just a connection problem. As soon as I started to remove the screw holding the gauge in, it went back down to the lowest reading and has been working fine since.