Time to start digging into the Barracuda. On the short drive from plucking it off the truck, to the stable, I noticed that the only working gauge in the cluster was the ammeter. Even speedo is out. No dash lights either. Exterior lights good except for right back marker. So out came the dash. The dash electrical is a mess from aftermarket stereo install, aftermarket gauges, crispy ammeter wiring and fried rallye cluster gauges. In other words, the cluster is a cluster**k. Between the original cluster and another 67 Dash I had I think I managed to find a working ammeter and oil pressure gauge and think I can get one of the temp gauges to work. But both fuel gauges are fried beyond repair. To add insult to injury all heater/Def controls were disabled in various ways that I would describe as well... creative.
I want to keep the stock rallye dash so I put in an order for new gauges and harness but many parts are so far backordered I've got no confidence in getting them anytime soon. If anyone has a lead on an intact fuel gauge so I can get the car running, I would appreciate it. I'm intending to convert to external voltage regulator so it could be stock or already converted.
As for the dash harness, I've got to get the car running so I'm going to remove it and unhook all aftermarket connections and patch together a working harness that just runs just the original accessories. The plan is to reinstall a stock roller radio, converted to bluetooth, but for now I'm going to run stereo delete to reduce load on the poor electrical system. Given the crispy ammeter wires, I'll probably end up bypassing the ammeter for now and putting in a shunt system with fusible link. I just need to get this car running. I can worry about making it nice later.
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