Howdy everybody, I am new here. I bought a ranch truck about a year back and I am finally getting around to redoing most of the wiring on the truck because almost nothing worked and all the wires are going to nowhere.

I ran into a problem though, the housing that hold the instrument cluster is extremely brittle and is barley held in the dash by about a 1/4" of one screw. My first thought was to throw some fiberglass over the entire thing and build tabs that extend out so i can have some places to screw into.

After I got to looking at it though, all of the screw holes that keep the clear plastic and all the gauges in place are cracked.

That leaves me with my question: other than junk yards does anybody know where I can get the instrument cluster housing? I've checked ebay and there is one on there but it is for an 89', which has a different set up.

Please help! I can't put my truck back together until I get this figured out!

 

what is different about it?

 

Hmmm I responded to this one, but it's not here now....????

What year is your truck? And what are you making reference to...the clear plastic gauge cover, or the white plastic main body that the gauges sit in?

The clear plastic cover should be the same from 80-93, the main white plastic body will be different from 91.5 to 93...since they used a different gauge lay out, and an electronic driven speedo.

 

The whole cluster is 1990-1993, the reset **** location is different on '89 and prior, I believe.

Mark.

 

The light holes and screw holes are in different places or are not there. I had to look real close at the picture on ebay while I had mine sitting in front of me.

 

here is the link to it on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1989-DODGE-R...item1e7564b0aa

thrashingcows: My truck is a 92' and I only need the white plastic that the gauges sit in, the rest is in pretty decent shape.

 

that won't work for your truck. that will only work for 81-89 trucks.

 

Yeah he knows that...he was just posting up the link so we would know what "not" to look for.

 

i guess i missed that.

 

I sent the guy who is selling the 89 instrument cluster housing a message and he said he had one for my truck! Seems like a good source to get used parts if your wrecking yards don't have any of our trucks. His user name on ebay is: partsitout

 

Yup I've bought a number of things from that seller...never had a problem.