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Old May 21, 2005 | 08:24 PM
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Car: 88 IROC
Engine: 305 TPI w/ l98 cam
Transmission: T5 5-speed
Axle/Gears: 3.45 posi disc 9 bolt
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im pretty new to this stuff so dont rag me too bad but the other day i got some white face gauges for my iroc and i bumped the needle on accident and now its not reading right how can i fix it?
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Old May 22, 2005 | 05:07 PM
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From: Warren, MI
Car: 1989 Firebird Formula
Engine: 305 T.B.I. (Vin tag "E" = LO3)
Transmission: THM-700-R4
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt posi 3.23
well in order to do inlays you have to pull the needles, so you may have moved the little rod around before you put it's needle on, id check that first.
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Old May 25, 2005 | 09:42 PM
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Engine: 305 TPI w/ l98 cam
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how would i fix that does it have to be pointed a certain way?
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Old May 31, 2005 | 03:22 PM
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Car: 1989 Firebird Formula
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Transmission: THM-700-R4
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt posi 3.23
well im not sure, since i have never had to mess with my cluster yet, but i know from converting the cluster on my grand am that some needles, like the speedo and tach had a little groove that went along the rod, and what you do is match that groove up with the groove in the needle and slide the needle back down.
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Old May 31, 2005 | 03:24 PM
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Car: 1989 Firebird Formula
Engine: 305 T.B.I. (Vin tag "E" = LO3)
Transmission: THM-700-R4
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt posi 3.23
when you did your inlays did you remove the gauge needles?
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Old May 31, 2005 | 09:01 PM
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yes i did pull the needles and i put them on without thinking anything of it... i dont know if i put it back on wrong or what.
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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 09:02 PM
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Axle/Gears: 10 bolt posi 3.23
Did u force any of the needles on? because you could of screwed up the lil motor that moves the needle. if u have a spare cluster lying around try that n see what happens
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