OIL PRESSURE Gauge Repair DISASTER

I've been meaning to fix the oil pressure gauge in my 1976 Corvette for quite some time, but removing the gauge cluster is such a PITA, I've been avoiding that project.

But today was the right time, or so I thought.

In hindsight, doing ANY big job in a 100+ degree garage is foolish, but it's obvious my parents raised a fool so I decided to go ahead with it.

It actually went fairly well, for the most part, until I started testing things before buttoning everything up. And it's a good thing I did because the "new" oil pressure gauge worked even worse than the original, so I tried using a different resistor and that helped a little, but not enough, so I reinstalled the original gauge with the "new" resistor and I am basically back to Square One!

Oh, and I managed to slice the tip of my finger which now hurts pretty bad as I use this keyboard. And then, after everything was reinstalled, I realized I failed to plug the windshield wiper switch, so half of the console had to come apart again.

When it rains...

Thank you for watching! 🙂👍🏻

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CONTENTS

00:11 Removing the Shifter Plate
00:29 Removing the Center Gauge Cluster
02:02 Unplugging the Gauges
04:00 Taking Apart the Gauge Cluster
05:14 Removing the Oil Pressure Gauge
06:12 The New Oil Pressure Gauge
08:22 Testing the New Gauge
10:21 Testing the Old Gauge with a Different Resistor
11:20 The Bitter Taste of Failure

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DISCLAIMER: Even though I like to wrench on my Corvettes and most of my videos are of a how-to nature, I am not responsible nor liable should you decide to follow my musings on the subject.

I am a self-taught DIYer. If videos appear to give technical how-to advice, that is not my intention.

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