Gauge Cluster

[mawint]

So today I hopped in the truck and noticed my oil gauge pegged to 80. Originally I thought that the sending unit went bad, no biggie just replace it.

 

However, when getting out of my truck after turning it off the gauge sits at 40. I'm thinking it's probably a stepper motor that's bad.

 

Anyone know of any good repair place to send it to? I'm not real good with a solder iron and just want someone else to deal with the hassle. I can remove it from the truck though. I was also thinking that I may take the opportunity and maybe just buy a different cluster as I would like the tranny temp gauge since mine doesn't have it.

 

So anyways, thoughts and places on where others had theirs repaired or replaced?

[NARDA1]

You should be able to find both a repair shop and a replacement cluster on ebay.

[kstruckcountry]

gmguageguy.com is recommended by some members.

[Chris]

I used him. I am happy. I even had him do the led conversion

 

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[mawint]

Thanks guys, this helps.

 

I will definitely look at his site. How long did it take to get your cluster back after shipping it to him? Im in MN and only have one vehicle.

[Chris]

I did mine in person because I was passing through Phoenix. His average mail turnaround is about a week. About 2-3 days to him, he geta it back out thw same or next day and 2-3 to you

 

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[mawint]

That looks awesome.

 

Was your oil pressure gauge pegged too?

[hzhardy]

I recently bought a set of stepper motors on Ebay for 25 dollars and were shipped to my house in 3 days. It is extremely easy if you know how to solder and remove old solder to get the old ones out. as for calibration you mark were the original motor stops then mark with tape and place needle back in same place when you have verified the new stepper is at rest. if you do not have experience soldering I would send it off as you can burn your board. I used a 65 watt iron, fine flux cored solder and some wick.

[Chris]

Mine was at the time. But it is the sending unit. I had some work done but not all replaced. He replaced them all and did the led which was my primary reason for going to him

 

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[mawint]

Known factor defect with a goodwill warranty. See your dealer and ask nice. If that does not work get loud.

Last time I went to the dealer they made a comment about it but said it was out of warranty, (Kind of quietly). As they were working at the time I didn't push though. I knew about it before hand though.

 

Isn't the warranty 7 years and 80,000 miles or something?

[dataspng]

When my gauge cluster went out on mine my dealer told me that GM no longer has the extended warranty on the gauge clusters, its back to the regular 3yr 36K... Something about the bankruptcy allowed them to "reset" all the previous extended warranty issues (read: bail on us) They wanted $680 to fix it.. I purchased a reman one for $280 and popped it in in 20 minutes... done.

[mawint]

Thanks for the info. The gauge miraculously reset itself today after a week of being stuck at 40.

 

I'm not too concerned with it at the moment as I'm not deeming it a critical gauge for drivability so I'm kind of shopping around.

 

I did notice rock auto has a cluster with upgraded steppers for $180 and a $300 core charge. I may go that route since they program the cluster with new mileage and I can keep mine in until I get it and just send mine in to theme after swapping it.

[ScottyBoy]

If you can solder it not a difficult repair. I've done literally dozens of these clusters for countless members of this forum and many other forums. Here is a "How-To" on replacing the stepper motors.

 

http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/128743-stepper-motor-replacement-for-the-gauge-cluster/

[MikeInCtown]

Glad I saw this thread as my tach stopped working on me last week. It started just as I installed a new exhaust, which was strange but oh well. It would read 1600 when it should have been 1800. From there is would read lower and lower and lower until it would just read 0 rpms while I was on the highway. On Christmas Eve it even went to 6,000 before sticking at 5,000.

 

Going to have to remove the clusetr in a couple weeks and send it off for repair. Hopefulle that is the problem, and not a wiring issue.

[mike94silverado]

Had this on multiple lot vehicles, dealer always went good on it regardless of mileage