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Jonic

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MY DASH AND SPEED ISNT WORKING

So i bought a R34 Turbo, it was pretty dodgy but anyways as I was driving my Speed and Kilometers just dropped down to 0 randomly, when i tap the dash or hit it lightly it comes back on for abit until i hit like a bump or something and then it goes off again, would it be a simple fuse problem, maybe the battery, or some burnt loose wires behind the dash ?

My dash light all works and light up just the speedo and that doesn't work, I can't tell what speed im going :S 

 

Thanks guys

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Speed and kilometers? You mean speedometer and tachometer?

I would pull the dash cluster out and look for anything obvious. It almost certainly wont be a fuse because 99% of the time, once they are gone they are gone. I would put money on a bad connection into the cluster or a wire rubbed through or damaged. Worst case - internal defect in the cluster which may be repairable

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9 hours ago, Jonic said:

Yeah not sure, Gonna get a whole new dash Cluster and replace it. Seems too dodgy the one i have on the car. 

Most of the time i dont even know how fast im going zz

Its a common problem. Used to get it a lot with my Stagea. Stopped, pulled off  a battery terminal and put it back and it would be fixed for hours or days or months. Just came right by itself. Some people touch up the soldered connections with a soldering iron or even just a heat gun. new cluster could be just the same. Could be sometimes down to car sitting unused for a while.

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