New cluster did not fix the dead Gauge issues HELP

Ok pulled the dash out again. connected a pigtail to every ground screw, even added a ground from the cluster frame to the board. Put it back in, and tried grounding the pigtail to any part of the dash, ebrake mount etc.... nothing made the gauges work. still dead.

Tried to ground it out from the engine side, and gauge did not come to life? Maybe bulkhead problem? But if I remove the sender wire (temp) and touch a multimeter directly to the sender unit, I do get varying voltage. Is that right? That would mean it is getting voltage via the ground to the engine strap?

Recap this is now what I got as far as cluster goes:
Both turn indicators flash, dome light works, head lights work, hi beams work and show red light on dash to indicate Hi Beams are on.

I do not get the dash lights that should illuminate the entire dash when the lights gets turned on.
Gas and Temp are dead.

thanks for more help please.
I cant take this out on the road at night if I cant get dash lights to light up.