How To Repair Chevy Truck Dash Cluster - [RYOBI SOLDER IRON]

[@Jujoji]

The way we practiced soldier in my high school (way way back during the 90's) was you take lengths of stripped 12-14 gauge solid wire, coil/wrap it around a pencil or rod, cut circular links off of the coil, chain the links one by one, and solder the links closed. After about 100 or so links of chain, (trying for minimal solder use, and as few "spikes"or spatter as possible) you'll have some decent soldering skills going

[@Shoptoolreviews]

Love to hear this (I graduated in '89), but not many shop classes taught anymore. Very sad. We need the trades back in our high schools. Thanks for watching and for commenting.

[@bulletproofpepper2]

2004 Silverado great truck but the cluster isn’t working. Much like the video. Slowly getting worse. Hope i can find the problems. Thanks for sharing. I’m pretty hand at most things mechanical.

[@jamesward5721]

Solder wick makes removing excess solder a lot easier.

[@ZubairKhan-hw6sd]

I can learn a lot from you

[@Shoptoolreviews]

Thank you very much.

[@croftpydycroftpydy533]

Wat if the speedometer needle is pinned all the way to the right like mine is do you attach back in the same place to the right? I'm at that point now

[@marlonlicup10]

Thx for this!

[@sandymilne224]

My dash all works but no back lighting. Can’t see how fast I’m going. Already done; 1 checked fuses - all okay. 2 replaced switch - still no lights. 3 wiring harness at some pins for switch had white powder on them. Using a pin I tried to clean pin receptacle. Still not working. Any suggestions?

[@BRED23]

Any idea what made my gas gauge point straight down after my truck would start and die? Also while driving all gauges will go down but back light stays on and then after a minute gauges go back up and my battery and security light will flash on the display

[@mrgrimm8771]

My 03 tahoe has a parasitic draw, cluster related.. odometer glows when the truck is off, used to be the bright light indicator. I hit a bump, or randomly dome lights pop on and off. Now it kills my battery over night 5 days a week, other times nothing at all.. plz help 😢

[@Shoptoolreviews]

It's not very difficult to find a parasitic draw. We made a video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ-yaYF9ZqeZeMU

[@mrgrimm8771]

@@Shoptoolreviews I bet it's one of your children replied being your famous now..

[@stevengarcia9679]

What type of soldering were you using?

[@JohanFehr-jt3wm]

I have the same problem and i already have resoldered all they resisters but still have not solved the problem what else can i do?

[@bulletproofpepper2]

My truck the positive battery post was loose. I took it off the battery cable and cleaned both surfaces. The negative was tight but checked and cleaned it anyway. Everything is working better. Poor grounding.

[@terrysannan7683]

Hi my name is Terry I put in a brand new bulbs in my cluster the bulbs work fine I plugged the cluster back and now none of the gauges work none of them. None of them work at all. Can you please tell me what’s wrong

[@michaelcorcoran5766]

Make sure you didn't damage the wiring harness, check the connector is all the way in & check your fuses. Hopefully you didn't crack a solder point when you unplugged it

[@Schtuperfly]

I think your oil needle was working only stuck on too far to the right

[@franklocasio2848]

Why does he have gloves on?

[@rhondarockwell1886]

It's the bulb everything else work just need to get buld

[@mikev.1034]

👍👍

[@Shoptoolreviews]

Thanks

[@rhondarockwell1886]

I already got that off.

[@texasrex2557]

dude does not know the difference between capasiters and resistors. Those are resistors that require resoldering, not caps.

[@robo9637]

Plus he likes to hear himself talk.

[@michaelhead1879]

*resistors. It's okay they all look the same Good job though.