Julian1969
New Member
Hi everyone, thanks in advance for any advice.
Ok so to cut a long story short my Speedo stopped working a while ago and using a solution I found on this forum I fixed the issue. I did this by using a multimeter and finding the track the fault was on, then using alfoil taped down with electrical tape. This fixed everything, cruse control worked and the odometer worked.
Then it stopped working again, I thought likely the heat we've experienced this summer made the tape come up and not hold the alfoil down so not making contact to bridge the damaged tracks.
I repeated the process and it worked fine for a Day then stopped working again a week or so ago.
So I purchased conductive paint to fix the track damage where there's exposed copper, to get the job done properly.
I did this today, Speedo doesn't work, odometer doesn't work and neither does the cruse control , also the speed alert won't work likely due to the speedo not working.
Also where In one of the places I did the repair at the top of Con2 it smoked and burned a bit, likely the paint went over 2 tracks and shorted.
So I had it working great but now everything mentioned refuses to work, it's making me pull my hair out lol.
What have I missed?
Is it easier to just get another cluster?
Being an SS, can U just use a V6 cluster out of any Vs Commodore or does it have to be one out of a V8?
It looks exactly the same as the clusters iv had in a few VS execs iv had.
Thanks again for any help, thanks
Ok so to cut a long story short my Speedo stopped working a while ago and using a solution I found on this forum I fixed the issue. I did this by using a multimeter and finding the track the fault was on, then using alfoil taped down with electrical tape. This fixed everything, cruse control worked and the odometer worked.
Then it stopped working again, I thought likely the heat we've experienced this summer made the tape come up and not hold the alfoil down so not making contact to bridge the damaged tracks.
I repeated the process and it worked fine for a Day then stopped working again a week or so ago.
So I purchased conductive paint to fix the track damage where there's exposed copper, to get the job done properly.
I did this today, Speedo doesn't work, odometer doesn't work and neither does the cruse control , also the speed alert won't work likely due to the speedo not working.
Also where In one of the places I did the repair at the top of Con2 it smoked and burned a bit, likely the paint went over 2 tracks and shorted.
So I had it working great but now everything mentioned refuses to work, it's making me pull my hair out lol.
What have I missed?
Is it easier to just get another cluster?
Being an SS, can U just use a V6 cluster out of any Vs Commodore or does it have to be one out of a V8?
It looks exactly the same as the clusters iv had in a few VS execs iv had.
Thanks again for any help, thanks