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Intermittent loss of gauges
- Thread starter XJRN
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SC Rednek
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Winchester TN
Smack the top of the dash real hard, they'll come right back.
It's a loose connection at the backend of the instrument cluster.
It's a loose connection at the backend of the instrument cluster.
98XJLongBuild
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- San Jose, CA.
Oh sounds all so familiar. I had the same issue and was beaying my dash ever other mile or after anyhard bumps. Got really tired og that so off came the dash. Which really wasnt difficult only took maybe 15 minutes to tear down. I them took off the guage cluster and pit eletrical greas, very important to use electrical grease, and carefilly put a small dab over each pin and being careful not to have any touching the other pins. Put the dash all back in whivh took about 20 minutes. And wolaaaa guages that no longer ha e a mind of there own.
Original_MudButt
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- In the eighth dimension
This^^^^^
Only I wouldn't smack it "real" hard... Just enough to get the gauges working again..... That is until you take the time to tear the dash apart and do it right.
I fixed mine over 3 years ago and hasn't done it since......
jeepindavis
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- stevens, PA
So that's it? Dielectric grease and it's fixed? That'd be nice. I've swapped out my cluster a opulent of times thinking it was in there not the wiring.
Anyone know what the TSB said?
jeepindavis
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- stevens, PA
Do you know any of the details of the TSB?
GrimmJeeper
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gardena, CA
TSB says clean and inspect connector and socket for corrosion, lubricate with dielectric grease, and put it back together. also make sure there is enough slack on the wires to the connector that it is not pulled while putting the cluster back in. if it pull out while you're trying to maneuver the cluster back in to place you're going to have the same problem again.
Dielectric grease is NON conductive, it just keeps corrosion from forming. don't worry about it touching more than one terminal at a time. the factory just blobs a thin bead all along the connections when the vehicle is put together in the factory.
Dielectric grease is NON conductive, it just keeps corrosion from forming. don't worry about it touching more than one terminal at a time. the factory just blobs a thin bead all along the connections when the vehicle is put together in the factory.
