HELP Instrument Panel Lights?

^#$^&#&^ GREAT! Now I have two circuit panels that look like this! I'm so F'n sick of this issue. I can't understand why my gauges peg and I keep frying panels. All I want is some gauges! Can this panel be fixed or am I searching for a new one. It took me forever to find this and I've been through three reducers ..................%^$#^%$# I'm ready to say to hell with the factory cluster and put a set of four auto meter gauges under the dash. WIRING SUCKS.
It's fixable. You could patch that with a strip of copper sheet and some solder followed by a coat of shellac to keep the elements out. Before that, the cause of something pulling so hard on that terminal needs to be run down. Have you swapped the gauge voltage regulator for a known good one? Something looks very wrong there... almost like there's a dead short inside it. What parts are common between the fried panels?

Wiring does suck. Hang in there. This place is running over with knowledgeable guys and gals that have been in similar situations.