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Old Aug 25, 2001 | 11:40 PM
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My instrument cluster is a jackface!

Yeah, I made jackface up.


Anyways, I've been having annoying problems with my dash cluster ever since I installed MacEwen white gauge overlays and xenon HID. I did them at the same time...and for instance, my blinker lights would stay illuminated at night on the dash cluster for no reason.

Now for some reason the third bulb in the cluster only works if I apply pressure to the gauges...why is this?

Another problem is that my car just came back from the shop for body work...now my left front blinker doesn't work..and my left tail light blinker doesn't even BLINK...it illuminates and stays. What's up with this?



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1992 Camaro RS (Auto) 5.0L TBI
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Performance mods
NOS (125 HP shot)
Dynomax cat-back exhaust
Hedman headers
K & N open element/ X-Stream lid
MSD 6A ignition
Under drive pulleys
LT1 camshaft
Soon to be installed:
Edelbrock intake manifold
3.42 rear axle
B & M 2400 RPM stall torque converter
Transgo shift kit
Moroso Blue Max plug wires
305 TPI heads

Audio
Sony Xplod CDX-M610 head unit
Pioneer 2-way 4x6 front speakers
Pioneer 3-way 6x9 rear speakers
12 inch Pioneer VCCS PRO subwoofer
QLogic sealed box
Kicker ZR360 amplifier
Lightning Audio 1 farad capacitor

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Macewen White Faced Gauges/Shift overlay
A-pillar gauges (Phantom oil pressure, Air/Fuel)
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Old Aug 26, 2001 | 01:04 AM
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Turn signals won't blink if one of the bulbs in the circuit are blown/bad. My guess if the front is the culprit since it doesn't light.

Not sure what you mean by 3rd bulb but, since the clusters press into the sockets/harness, the problem might just be bad contacts. I had to put the 'new' cluster in my camaro (& some contact grease) 3 times before all the gauge bulbs would light.

Since you've had the cluster apart, something might not be seating right (or missing) to seal the turn signals off from the rest of the cluster lighting. Hopefully something of that is helpful.


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