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Broke my instrument cluster? :(

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by chasebrooks14, Nov 2, 2013.

  1. Nov 2, 2013 at 4:58 PM
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    chasebrooks14

    chasebrooks14 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Today I was trying to paint my needles blue and do my lights white, well when I got the clear piece off, I kinda hit the speedometer and I felt something click then it immediately drooped below 0 I was hoping it would just be off by x mph. But I put it back on and now it doesn't even work. Will the toyota dealer rebuild it? What do I do??
     
  2. Nov 2, 2013 at 5:21 PM
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    Replace it with one from a wrecker, and then, DON'T TOUCH IT. :rolleyes:
     
  3. Nov 3, 2013 at 7:46 AM
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    chasebrooks14

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    im so mad at myself. like it will kinda work and go up to 30 and then itll stick. so maybe I don't have the speedo cable plugged in all the way? but if not, I guess im SOL haha
     
  4. Nov 3, 2013 at 7:53 AM
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    Yamaha Dave

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    That is one of the reasons why no matter what vehicle I have I will not touch or mess with the instrument cluster as far as changing the color of the LEDs or changing the face color. I only modified one cluster a few years back on a different vehicles and the needles never worked the same.
     

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