Dash Power wire?????

Last night, I looked at the back of a spare cluster I have. The two posts sticking out the back of the ammeter do not have circuits leading to/from them on the printed board. I wondered about that until I remembered what happened when I first re-installed the cluster in my son's car.

Some of you may remember when I was asking about a problem with the instrument lights, turn indicators, high/low beam indicator, etc. acting crazy. Lights dimmed or flashed when they shouldn't and other major gremlins. The ammeter was hooked up properly, but in my haste, I forgot to plug in the round connector in the middle of the instrument cluster (yes, the BIG one). Once I plugged it in, everything (right down to the light on a delay to let you see where your key goes in) worked wonderfully!!

Jim, I'm not trying to contradict what you just said, but I don't see how power gets to the cluster through the ammeter, based on what I experienced.

Just a thought,
Jerry