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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 04:04 PM
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From: Waxahachie,TX
Car: 89 RS 305
Engine: 5.0 305 tbi
Transmission: Auto
No guages...

I bought an 89 rs camaro. I get it home and running and none of the gauges work. The gas gauge will not go above half a tank and usually just stays there, the tach stays pegged, the oil gauge does nothing and the temp will sometimes be half pegged at start, fully pegged sometimes and not work at all sometimes. My Hot wire to my ecm fried so I had to rerun it. Would that have anything to do with it?
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 06:27 AM
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Car: 89 RS 305
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Transmission: Auto
Re: No guages...

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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 09:03 AM
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From: Astoria, N.Y.
Car: 1986 Z28 Camaro, 2002 Audi A4 (DD)
Engine: 350 .30 over w/bang for buck combo
Transmission: 700r4
Axle/Gears: stock for now
Re: No guages...

Most likely your cluster got fried as well.. good time for an upgrade though. When i got my Z my cluster was fried.. so i just ordered a pod from Jimmyjams and ordered all new autometer gauges and now everything works great... it took some time to wire it up but it was the best 500 i ever spent rather than getting a used cluster.

Just my 2 cents..
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 09:09 PM
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Re: No guages...

hey im having that same problem and im a newbie to the car hobby however my rpm's work but nothing else, whats a pod? help me to help you thanks!

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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 09:40 PM
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From: Waxahachie,TX
Car: 89 RS 305
Engine: 5.0 305 tbi
Transmission: Auto
Re: No guages...

I got a used one in my closet will the berliga or what ever that model is work in there. My speedo goes to 130 it goes to 90 i believe. Will there be discrepancies?
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 11:01 PM
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Car: 1986 Z28 Camaro, 2002 Audi A4 (DD)
Engine: 350 .30 over w/bang for buck combo
Transmission: 700r4
Axle/Gears: stock for now
Re: No guages...

i'm not familiar with swapping gauges sry can't help on that.. but give it a shot... worst is that it don't work... here is the site for jimmyjams tho http://jimmy-jams.tripod.com/3gcamarobmplates.htm the gauge pod is at the bottom of the page
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