Re: Troublesome Spider gauges

["tarpon67" <tarpon67@domain.elided>]

Paul wrote that his " '87 currently has two functioning gauges.  
The speedometer and the fuel gauge.  Everything else is 
nonfunctional."  When I got my '86 Spider several years ago, I 
recall a similar problem. I believe the solution was found on 
several fronts. 1) Corrosion is not your friend - the gauge 
cluster is attached electrically by (I believe) 4 connectors. Take 
these apart and use an electronic cleaning solution to remove any 
corrosion. 2) Check that all your sender work - I replaced my fuel 
level and oil pressure sender. 3) Get a wiring diagram and trace 
out any ground associated with the instrument cluster, unbolt, 
clean off all corrosion and re-assemble. This will probably get 
your gauges working again unless someone (DPO) has taken the 
cluster apart and "fixed" it!

Sid
Houston, TX
'86 Spider Veloce
'74 GTV 2000 

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