2003 1500 pickup gauges out

[wirlybird]

Here is the repair kit from Amazon. $25. It contains the "official" steppers and not Chinese knockoffs.
Will post results once I do the work.

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[stutaeng]

Nice! How are you supposed to "clock" the needles?

My 99 had the odometer go dim and eventually when out. I took an iron and added more solder at the back of the display and that fixed the issue. I'm not sure if that also affects the '03+ clusters?

I'll be looking forward to your update!

 

[wirlybird]

Nice! How are you supposed to "clock" the needles?

My 99 had the odometer go dim and eventually when out. I took an iron and added more solder at the back of the display and that fixed the issue. I'm not sure if that also affects the '03+ clusters?

I'll be looking forward to your update!

Check out the video on how to do the repair part way down on the page in the link. He shows how he adjusts needle "zero". It seems pretty straight forward.

Why Chevrolet and GM gauges go out all the time

This page outlines all the reasons these Chevy/GM gauges keep going out on Silverados and basically all GMs from 03-06...

drspeedometer.com

 

[stutaeng]

Well, I did try the Deoxit on that AC module knobs and got it to work again! So I did order that LED conversion light kit.

I took the before photo in the day. You can't really tell, but all but 2 little light bulbs were out.

I just went and looked at it at night and it looks great! Looks new again, LOL.