Welp....I got something else to fix

[PacificEd]

Mother in Law calls last night and says all of the gauges in her 1998 quit working. ABS light is on and everything is driving fine but none of the gauges are showing anything.

I'm hoping that it is just a bad connection on the back of the gauge cluster. I did some light searching last night and that seems to be the first thing to look at. I hope it isn't anything more than that.

Fun, fun, fun.

 

[KPTHEMP]

Had that happen on mine before, good wack on the top of the dash fixed it.

 

[UNCC_99XJ]

Yup. Remove the cluster, clean the contact, apply some di-electric grease, re-install cluster.

It'll probably happen again later on. Hell, mine come back to life on their own after I shut the Jeep off...still can't figure that one out...

 

[KPTHEMP]

Yup. Remove the cluster, clean the contact, apply some di-electric grease, re-install cluster.

It'll probably happen again later on.

^This, I just got lazy on typing

 

[PacificEd]

I guess I posted in the wrong thread.

I did what you guys suggested so we will see how it goes.

It was interesting taking apart the dash of the later 1998. You have to know what pops apart and where the screws are.

 

[MELKORsXJ]

It takes a little time figuring the dash out, but once you do its not that bad...

 

[PacificEd]

Yep. Taking it apart for the first time is the hardest part.

Good news is she drove it all weekend and the gauges are still working (knock on wood).

 

[trail rate this]

Yep. Taking it apart for the first time is the hardest part.

Good news is she drove it all weekend and the gauges are still working (knock on wood).

or just knock on the top of the dash.

Same thing happened on my 98.

 

[thechief86]

or just knock on the top of the dash.

Same thing happened on my 98.

Holy cow! Speaking from beyond the grave?! Where have you been?

 

[trail rate this]

Holy cow! Speaking from beyond the grave?! Where have you been?

Been way busy down here in SW FL. Not many XJers here. Ill post up my build sometime.

Sorry Ed, don't mean to hijack your tread.