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Old 06-07-2017, 07:21 PM
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1985 T/A dash cluster/lights question

I finally pulled my cluster out to fix the light that had not worked since I owned the thing,the lower left that lit up the speedo.

In the pic,there are 3 sockets/lamps missing,I never noticed the 2 towards the bottom missing but the one I knew didn't work was missing socket and all.

My question is the are the 2 lower ones optional or did 3 of the things fall out and disappear since 1985?

On a side note,after reading the threads on cluster removal and watching some youtube vids about disconnecting the jesus clip that holds the speedo cable on and how hard it is to get to,being a old bastard with a bad back and knees I found that by removing the bolt and clamp on the cable on the front subframe under the brake booster I had enough slack to pull it out far enough to pop it off easily.
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Re: 1985 T/A dash cluster/lights question

Hold it up to a light so you see what the missing bulbs would indicate. Generally there will be provisions for indicators that aren't used, like upshift indicators in automatic cars, etc. It's not uncommon for people to move a less important functional bulb to a more important location as a temporary fix. I can't see the bulb and socket just falling out, but a human removing a bulb, sure.
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Re: 1985 T/A dash cluster/lights question

I figured out which ones I needed,I finally have all the lights and gauges working.
Now my stereo really doesn't match.

I must be running out of things to fix since I dragged it home 5 years ago.
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