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Old Jun 19, 2012 | 12:19 PM
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Then came the redundant ground. I fashioned 2, 6-8 inch long pieces of wire. On one side of each wire, I crimped a spade connector. On the other side, one wire got a male connector, the other a female (as shown). One wire got bolted to a solid ground point on the car, while the other, a solid ground on the cluster. Then i reinstalled the two factory plugs, plus my additional ground wire.
Ecb: how did you attach the spade connector to the PCB? I going to run to radio shack asap!!!!! Wait, can I get deoxit at radio shack?
 
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Old Jun 19, 2012 | 02:39 PM
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@Ecb:

what wire gauge am I using? 18-22?
 
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Old Jun 19, 2012 | 08:45 PM
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I would use 18 Gauge.

If you do not have the electrical guide for your car you can download it here.
http://captainjaguarscathouse.com/El...ec%20Guide.pdf

I would download the guide. Then find every ground point in the car. Take it off and clean each of the ground points for the entire car. These need to make good contact. Then clean the printed circuit board connector and add the extra ground to your cluster circuit.

Are you having trouble reading the wiring diagram?
 
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Old Jun 19, 2012 | 09:07 PM
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I purchased 12 gauge. Does it matter?

Ooooffff! Going to try and clean the PCB tomorrow and add the extra ground.

The diagrams might as well be in Russian.
 
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Old Jun 19, 2012 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by JagVilly
I purchased 12 gauge. Does it matter?

Ooooffff! Going to try and clean the PCB tomorrow and add the extra ground.

The diagrams might as well be in Russian.
12 gauge is fine. Just a bit heavy but it will not hurt anything.

You need to learn Russian.

Anyway the link I posted has a page with all the ground points. Start by cleaning those. ALL of them. This will take you a while but will be worth it.
 
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Old Jun 19, 2012 | 09:38 PM
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lol, ok. So just clean them with the deoxit?
 
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Old Jun 20, 2012 | 08:43 PM
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lol, ok. So just clean them with the deoxit?
The connector terminals, yes.

The grounds just unbolt and clean them with emery clutch or a scotchbrite pad.
 
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Old Jun 21, 2012 | 02:57 PM
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ok, so we have progress! After much poking and proving of the hazard button, the turn signals work now. However, the driver side blinks normally while the passenger side blinks like a maniac. As soon as I can figure out how to pry out the switch, I'll replace it with another hazard switch I acquired.
 
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