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Subject:No Clock & No Temp Gauge?
From:Clint Carson
Date:Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:22:09 -0800

90 MV, 2.1
No Clock & No Temp Gauge? 
I've broken something!  
I was messing with the Gauge Cluster main plug wires 
( think there's about 9 of them in the plug ) 
and I think I must have shorted something out? 
I believe I had the first blue wire 
and the second yellow wire switched 
and now, 
I have no Clock 
and no Temp Gauge? 
The Temp Gauge light flashes the 6 or 8 times 
and then goes out as it should. 
But the Temp Gauge is pegged at the bottom 
and I have no clock. 
Fuel Gauge Works! 
Oil light works. 
Battery light comes on. 
I switched out a known good Cluster from another 90
and Same Results. 
I also installed a different temp 1 sensor 
and a different coolant tank sensor. 
But I feel the problem is in the wiring. 
I checked the fuses and did not see any of them blown.
Could they be powered by a relay that is now bad?�
I would think it's the Voltage Stabilizer, 
but everything works when I 
replace the tester cluster back into the 91. 
Any help is very much appreciated ! 
Thanks, 
Clint

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