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carlisle72

03-25-2013 05:26 PM

Head lights killing gauge cluster

Hello Everyone,

Newbie here with a question. Picked me up a 72 C10, love my truck. Got a problem and was lucking for some suggestions. Gauge cluster works fine until you turn on the headlights, as soon as you do the gauges quit working. Any suggestions on what to check for...

Many thanks

JimKshortstep4x4

03-25-2013 07:28 PM

Re: Head lights killing gauge cluster

Welcome to the 67-72 Chevy Truck Board from West Michigan!

My suggestion is to make sure the metal part of the dash is grounded. There should be a small black wire clipped to the dash metal which grounds the cluster. Otherwise you can run a separate ground wire to one of the gauge screws.

Jim

Ol Blue K20

03-25-2013 07:41 PM

Re: Head lights killing gauge cluster

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimKshortstep4x4 (Post 5970599)

:agree: It's a ground issue

carlisle72

03-25-2013 09:02 PM

Re: Head lights killing gauge cluster

Thanks for the replies, i'll check into that tomorrow. awesome forum.

carlisle72

03-27-2013 11:34 PM

Re: Head lights killing gauge cluster

Thanks guys, ran a ground wire and everything is working great.:chevy:

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