95 Cherokee broken Spedo and Gas Guage, STILL, PLEASE HELP!!

Aug 23, 2004 7 Replies

Hello All,



Thanks for the earlier replies. Here is what we have done so far:



Replaced the three-wire 'speed-sensor' unit on the side of the Automatic Transmission.



Removed and re-soldered the connector attached to the flexible circuit card behind the dash.



Still, neither the Speedo/odo or gas gauge is working.



One observation, there are four thin leads that protrude from the un-seeable side of the flexible circuit card. Is there a component like a voltage regulator or such that is behind there? If so, is that a part that I can replace? I did re-solder the four leads.



Please help!



Best regards,



RG


Hello All,

PROBLEM SOLVED! The Gauges needed a ground! I connected a wire from the back of the instrument/gauge assembly from the 'LG' screw on the foil CB. I ran the other end of the wire to the chassis. Problem fixed!

Best regards,

RG

LOL!

Man oh man, missed that one.

Mike

"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:

What is the buzz here? Did Mike have the same issue? What is the story?

Best regards,

RG

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Thanks for the reply, but wouldn't there be more issues with a defective engine ground strap then just the gauges not working? Everything else on the Jeep worked just fine. I don't know. I am new to this Jeep stuff.

Best regards,

RG

Older Jeeps have a tendency to develop punky grounds, especially up here in the rust belt so I am usually one of the first to suggest checking out the grounds.

Now the new TJ's come with already bad dash grounds from the factory, so I get to tell even 'more' people to check the grounds! LOL!

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

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