a puff of smoke and now nothing 69 valiant electrical issue

the ammeter wires have to be removed to remove the cluster. MOST likely if that was not done one of those 2 main wires got shorted. that then fried the fusaable link under the hood near the bulkhead connectors typically lt blue.

other than that the main wires may have sorted under the dash and are now melted and separated.

hopefully it is a quick fix but most likely it is going to be a longhaul unwrapping harnesses and looking at a lot of wires. many times when a wire melts it melts the insulation off of some other wires next to it and they then come in contact with each other.