1970 Wagoneer Instrument Cluster Problems

[70JeepWagoneer]

Hi there. I'm having problems with everything on my instrument cluster working intermittently. Currently only my temperature gauge works.

I pulled the cluster out and cleaned the contacts and everything but I noticed that the pins in the back where you plug the harness into, were all pretty lose. When I pull down on the harness with everything hooked up, some things (fuel gauge, turn signals, etc) will work but will stop again when I let go of the harness.

Is it those pins that are the problem or do you think there is a short...in all of my cluster wires?

[jaber]

Welcome to the land of empty pockets and unfinished projects....

It sounds like loose/ dirty connections. Use a small pointy tool to make them close a little tighter. And dont forget to unhook the battery as you do it.

I had family up in your neck of the woods...The Haddens. Might even be one of two still around there...

[dpgoat]

I carefully melted some soder on the back side of those pins to tighten them up. Not sure if this fix worked yet, but hopeful. I'm gettin married to a Hadden in 10 days, but from MA.

[gvillejeeper]

cluster not working

to me it seems like these stock units never work right, gave my self a mega headache trying to revive mine until i broke down and got a triple set from summit problem solved

[Tornado230]

The old style clusters were prone to problems.
The TSM shows where to place the jumper wires if the problem is in the circuit board.