so if the gas and temp gauges don't work...

ok...can anyone tell me where exactly power is supposed to be sent to the IVR? It looks like it should be a blue w/white stripe wire @ the 12 o'clock position on the round connector that plugs into the cluster (?).
I have no power there (nowhere on that connector period). I traced that blue/white wire back to a relay up above the kick panel (no power there either, on either side). The other side of that relay has two blue wires, so I'm wondering where the power should actually be coming from...



The best way I know to put this is, if you suspect that the IVR is probably an older pulsing unit, replace it with a modern solid state one and go from there
tried another IVR, but nothing (as covered above)