- 04 330ci replacing white overlay without removing needles install#
- 04 330ci replacing white overlay without removing needles upgrade#
Hello I am an ex GM mechanic and I have an 04 Chevy Silverado and my gauges started being very erratic, they would work sometimes and not others. You may need to go 360 degrees counter clockwise all the way around stopping at the point you need to get it just right. Make adjustments to the needle a little bit at a time (while unplugged) until you get it to point right at the zero mark. In that case you'll simply need to unplug it, take the clear lens back off and rotate the needle counter clockwise until you get the needle to point right at the zero mark when it's plugged in and the key is ON. What if my needles are off a bit after I start up the vehicle?Ī. Again that's something a shop would need to look into, see my links above. If you're having this intermittent power failure you'll need a shop to repair the cluster, info here: Gauges randomly die at same timeĪ. What if my whole cluster intermittently goes out at the same time, all the gauges and lights go out except the check engine light?Ī.
04 330ci replacing white overlay without removing needles upgrade#
Like the lights this is the perfect chance to upgrade your cluster with colored needles, you can get them here: Blue needles or White needles What if I'd like blue or white needles?Ī. This can still be fixed but you'll need a shop to do it. Probably what happened is the circuit board got too hot during the old solder removal causing damage to the board. What if I replaced a motor and that gauge still doesn't work?Ī. Those problems are more advanced than my instructable covers, for options on having your screens re-done by a shop see here: PRNDL and odometer screen repair What if I have problems with the PRNDL shift indicator screen or the odometer screen?Ī.
04 330ci replacing white overlay without removing needles install#
Blue LEDs are very easy to install if you have the right ones made for 12V applications, you can get the right ones here: 12v Blue LED bulbs You can get the correct fitting factory parts in a convenient DIY kit on Amazon here: GM Stepper MotorsĪ.
Where can I buy the right parts to do this job?Ī. What if I'd like blue LED lights, is that hard to do? This is the perfect time to replace them, you can get the correct bulbs along with the stepper motors here: GM Instrument Cluster Lights they simply solder onto the board. You're now ready to re-install the cluster and test our your gm instrument cluster repair job!Ī.
Clean the lens before installing if needed. Remove tape and snap clear lens back on making sure to line up the odometer selector stalk. It doesn't matter what angle the needle is pointed at this step but, to make it easy slide them on pointing roughly at the 12:00 position.įinally, rotate each needle counter clockwise until the tip of the needle points right to the mark on the masking tape that you made in a previous step. Now slide each needle back onto the shaft of each new motor being careful to slide it on smoothly and straight down not at an angle, to prevent bending the motor shafts. Place the circuit board back into the white center housing and snap on the black back housing. The solder should flow on smoothly, quickly and cool to a even shiny finish if done properly. Then you use the solder and iron to solder on a small amount of solder to each motor's pin. Make sure you get the correct part number when you buy your stepper motors (see link above for correct parts). Now you simply need to pop your new GM stepper motors where the old ones were, they will only install in one direction so you don't have to worry about mixing them up or getting it wrong.
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