i think i have just did something bad, i have 1968 ralley cluster, i was trying to install into my car and i accidently bumped one of the 5brass tubes coming out of the back of the cluster, it bent and when i tried to straighten it, it tore almost into, what are the tubes for? i am guessing the oil pressure gauge, how to fix this or is this cluster toast?

thanks

can somebody please help me?

The "tubes" as you call them are actually electrical prongs that the connector plugs into, some people have good results soldering them, I've been lucky & never broken one so I have no proven repair method.. I think RTE )Real Time Engineering) repairs them..

thanks for the input, i thought they were the oil pressure lines, i think i should be able to solder it the more i look at it

does any body have a diagram of how the ralley dash cluster hooks up to the wiring harness?

i am converting a standard cluster out to ralley cluster, i was told that i could covert my standard wiring harness to the ralley gauges, is this true?

I don't think the connector is the same....

the main connector is different? does anybody have a picture or diagram of the ralley dash connector?

Don't you have a rally dash sitting there?? Does the connector look like it will plug in? I thought I remembered the Rally having a circular plug & the standard dash was flat...Memory only * it's been years...My Rally dash is in storage as are my extra wiring harnesses...

well i got a funny story for you, i have bought all the ralley dash pieces, cluster, bezel, dash pads , radio bezel, glove box , upper glove box bezel, i have not taking my dash apart yet, i am still needing the ralley dash frame, someone had sent me a non rally dash frame and i was trying to make it work, i don't think this will work, well anyway, i have not taken my dash apart yet, in fear that i do not have all the pieces i need to get it to work, so i was trying to put the ralley dash together before i take out my dash

the ralley dash connect has 5 small bass tubes coming out of the cluster, i do not have the connector to know what it looks like

Are they in a circular pattern or straight?

the brass are in a straight flat line, so i guess the connector should be flat also

Yep..I wonder what connector it is that was round...

it sure wld help if i could get a diagram or something, this is my first mopar and i am doing this blind, trial and error, and it is turning out that i have more error then trial

there have been alot of good mopar guys that have talked me thru the whole project, i am down to the paint and the interior, i was really wanting to add the ralley dash, but i maybe opening a can of worms

I prefer my worms in a bottle..

okay, i just found a old standard cluster i have, the connector on it is round, it only has about 9wires in a circle, i have my ralley cluster and it has the 5brass flat connector, and then about 20 different wires goint to all the switches, so now i have figure out i need a ralley dash wiring harness to make this work, do i just have to pull out the standard wiring harness and re-install the ralley wiring harness?

i am just about ready for a drink at this point

Good Plan...Yeah it sounds like you'll be needing a rally dash harness & I had the connectors reversed in my brain...Must be to much Tequilla...

where wld i get a ralley harness? do you have one?

The one I have goes in my 68 Coronet... Swaps, Ebay or Year One$$$$$$ 68 Chargers all had Rally dashes so it's an easier harness to find...

how much do they go for? is it better to buy a new verus going with a used one?

New from Year One around $550, used typically $75-$150ish, if you find a clean one I'd run it, most have burned connectors & cut/spliced wires...My original was crusty, I scored a super nice one at a Pick-N-Pull yard ten years ago when I didn't need one & when I tried selling at a swap nobody would give me $50.00 so I stuck it on the shelf & found this car that needed it..

well looks like the new one is out of the picture for me, i will hitting the swap meets! i am headed to the cruisin the coast in biloxi ms tommorrow, maybe i will find a mopar guy down there.
thanks for all you input

No problem! Have fun in Biloxi...

Good luck finding one at a swap meet.
Make sure you check it out good before fitting.
The gauges are easily toasted............ i know i've done it

how do i make sure a cluster is good?

are you saying, the wiring harness can be bad and ruin my cluster before i know it?

i think that i already have a problem, one of the 5 brass prongs on the back of the cluster, one of the prongs have broke off, can this be replaced or should i just try to solder myself?

We can fix it for you, or you can try to solder it yourself.

If you have another junk cluster around you can sometimes transplant a non-broken pin.

Sometimes you can put a piece of copper wire inside the broken pin, then solder from the back of the board to make it be strong again. The wire inside the pin will make a good place for solder to connect the broken piece to the piece still on the board.

i have just bought a complete dash with cluster, so i am hoping the with the 2 clusters i will be able to fix, thanks for the input