my ignition switch has been bad awhile and had to jiggle it to get the turn signals and heat to work so i figured that when i replaced it that my temp,oil, and fuel guages would work but they are not. anyideas what I need to do next to try and get them to work?
clip for switch had been hot and melted a bit
If these are buttstuffog gauges, it could be a bad IVR.
or a broken resistance wire that leads from the ignition switch and travels up to the cluster.
12v comes in one side and on the other its brought down to about 8vdc
it is a tiny gray wire
This. I had an ignition switch that was brand new but kept getting hot. I have a picture somewhere of it reading high temps and full gas tank. I pulled over and cycled the key and it put temps at normal and gas at 1/4, where it should have been. Once I replaced the ignition switch pigtail it went back to normal. Before that the gas guage would randomly drop or say full. I knew when it was a flase reading because the same thing would happen with temps as well.
I'm having the same issue, did you ever find the cause of your issue? With my issue, the gauges will sometimes work for a few seconds (long enough for the needle to rise) then they don't work at all.