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Bought replacement cluster needles still not working

Old 06-10-11, 03:35 PM
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Angry Bought replacement cluster needles still not working

Hey Guys I bought a couple new needles for my cluster seeings how the old ones were burnt out. So i went ahead and swaped them out today and there still not lighting up Could there be something wrong on the board it self thats causeing the needles not to light up? I hope its fixable I dont want to swap out clusters because I have a 5 speed and there almost impossible to find
Old 06-10-11, 03:52 PM
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Are the new ones you put in pushed in all the way?? I had this problem when i changed mine too and all i had to do was pull them out a little and they stared to light up.
Old 06-10-11, 04:04 PM
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Ill try to space them accordingly. So they cant be pushed all the way in and cant be too loose? I bought a new temp and fuel needle I also need both the RPM and MPH needles but i might paint them for now until I can find some new ones. I ordered new cluster bulbs from superbrightled.com so as soon as they arrive i will change them out right away
Old 06-10-11, 06:23 PM
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Needles aren't interchangeable between earlier and later models. Polarity is switched. Make sure you have the ones from correct year.
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Shoot! I bought new temp and fuel needles for the 93 but they wont seem to work either? I pluged in the old ones they wont light up and I pluged in the new ones they wont work =( I changed out the back lights on my cluster and the same spots that were black before are still not lighting up even with the new bulb =( has anyone tried to rebuild there cluster board before?
Old 06-16-11, 05:25 PM
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plug the needles in backwards guys (speedo should be pointing at 120)... the polarity is probably wrong.

white line and red line needles are not interchangable like KA8 said. although they do fit
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I have to agree!
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Wow ya my needles are white I pulled out of my cluster and the new ones i ordered are red ******! I wish I knew this before I ordered them. Ill try swaping the needles around thanks guys
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