Digital Clusters are EVIL! Help?

[Addicted To Boost]

The digital cluster with analog gauges don't seem to get along well. I'm having another problem here..

When I first got my 89 GP SE, the oil pressure gauge was pegged way past 80PSI, so I pulled the clear face off the cluster and manually set the needle back to zero. As soon as I turned the key, it pegged itself to its limit again.. so I assumed that the oil pressure sensor was bad.

Today I decided to give the car an oil change, and while I had the car up on the lift, I replaced the oil pressure sensor with a new one (hey, it was only $7 ) Then I pulled the face on the cluster and reset the needle again. I turned the key again and the needle still pegs itself! What the heck is going on here?? I even took pics to document my misbehaving cluster!

 

This is what my gauge cluster looked like after I replaced the sensor and reset the needle.

 

Heres a short vid of what happened when I turned the key....

 

And a picture of what the gauge looked like after turning the key.

 

BAD CLUSTER!!! Help anyone?... please?

[89SupremeCutty]

does it stay like that after the car is started?

[Addicted To Boost]

As soon as I turn the key, the oil pressure gauge pegs itself out and stays there no matter what, even if the engine is running.

[Crazy K]

Did you install a SWITCH and NOT a SENDER?????? the long type is a sender, the short type is a switch.

[Addicted To Boost]

I removed the long stock one and replaced it with a short one... the guy at O'reillys said it was for the cars with pressure gauges, not just the dummy light though... so he was wrong?

[ManicMechanic]

He was wrong.

[GP1138]

Those clusters are terrible for solder joints though, so it still might be the original problem.

[joey b]

if it was a problem of sender/switch interchanged, it would read zero if the car wasn't running

[Crazy K]

if it was a problem of sender/switch interchanged, it would read zero if the car wasn't running

correct!

[cobracdr]

TGP Nick, I have a known working digital analog cluster. The odometer reads 177XXX. If you want it let me know. I wanted to retain the actual mileage on my car so I swapped out the digital for the full analog from a 92 so I could set the mileage to my actual mileage. I'll sel you the digital analog one I have just pm me. I also have a spare analoge cluster that works fine except for the odometer I can sell you as well. It is very rare to get an analog digital cluster where everything works.

 

Ken

[Addicted To Boost]

Thanks for the offer cobra, but I don't really need to replace it, other than the oil pressure gauge problem, the cluster works fine. I would like to keep the cluster original if possible, shes starting to get up there in mileage (220K) and its kinda cool to see the original parts last.