Red Baron

Can somebody shed some light on why my gauges do not light up? I really need to resolve this ASAP and can't seem to find anybody that's had this problem. I've checked the fuses and there doesn't appear to be one for those gauges alone. Do I have to tear the freaking dash appart??

Any information is greatly appreciated!

Andy

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'03 G35 Coupe 6MT
No mods.
'92 Milano Red
Base 5 spd. w/ JDM H22A
NTPOG member

^^Nope, that's not my bike....Mike D's bike.

ludestarbai

when i bought my lude they weren't working either.

I had to buy one off of the guys on the forums. taking apart that part of the dash isn't very difficult--- a few screws...

once i got it apart i saw that one of the pieces on the circuit board had burned up.

The swap from the one i bought on here from a parted prelude, onto my car was a sinch though. think i got it for about $50

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Red Baron

Thanks for your help! I finally got to the gauges and it appears the culprit are the three fried contacts on the right hand side. It's kind of hard to see but they should look like the ones on the left hand side. Everything else on the board appears to look okay. Now...to find a replacement.

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'03 G35 Coupe 6MT
No mods.
'92 Milano Red
Base 5 spd. w/ JDM H22A
NTPOG member

^^Nope, that's not my bike....Mike D's bike.

mgcshroomz

did your 'fuel' light flicker on and off when low on fuel?
mine comes on slowly and the goes off again slowly..

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jaguar.rj

Red Baron
I have the same problem. My temp/fuel gauge doesn´t work and have the same "fried appearence".
How did you solve it? I live in Brazil and have many roblme to find another one.
Thank you!

minilogoguy18

You should replace it now before it burns out, mine did the same thing and then eventually gave out. The both of you with gauges that are already burnt out there's no way to fix it, you're gonna have to replace the entire instrument panel. I'm sure there's a 4th gen part out thread or two going on in the classifieds, go hop on them before they're gone.

GraphiteNine

Yeah, my gauge also took a dump a few months a while when I was driving back from class. It started to fry and I had smoke coming out from my dash, almost **** my pants thinking my car was catching on fire but then it stopped. ended up replacing it for around $45 shipped and 10mins of labor, very easy.

minilogoguy18

Yeah, exactly how mine went when I was driving to work, I thought the car was on fire. It gave me a reason to get EL gauges though while I had it all taken apart.

92h23vtechawaii

mines was doing the same thing and i have the whole gauge replaced, check the fuse first by driver side bottom first

Fraz1979

My gauge just went out a few days ago. Can anyone tell me where to find a new gauge for the $50 that you all got yours for?

minilogoguy18

eBay or look around in the classifieds for someone selling one or in a 4th gen part out thread.

Cruissy

Hi Guys, I'm having the same sort of problem with my '92 Prelude fuel and temp gauges which you've written about. The guages light is starting to flicker on and off, sometimes it stays on for a while then it turns off.

Can you please advise on how to access this electronic board, what parts of the dash do I pull apart, how and where do I start?

The Orkin Man

I think the Heat Marks are normal. Fuel Sending unit was my culprit !

efizzle

This is my first post, but I wanted to let everyone know about the solution that I found for my fuel and temp gauges. I used Circuit Board Medics to rebuild mine, and they were awesome to deal with. Here's a link to the service for the fuel and temp gauges:

Honda Prelude Fuel / Temperature Gauge | Circuit Board Medics

minilogoguy18

^Very good info, wish I still had my old one that burnt up so that it could be sent out.

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Abyssus

Got the same problem on my 3rd gen.
Don't know squat about cars so got to learn fast.

BlueLudeSI94

200 bucks, oh yeah thats a great deal!
you gotta be shttin me.
When you can buy one from a part out for 50.
200 bucks I can almost buy a whole parts car lude.
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Like this guy selling two chrome door handles for 150-200 bucks.
Over paying is over rated

Hyperion

From what I understand those guys actually replace the defective parts with new upgraded parts that will not do the same thing again, not like this is a common problem that would ever happen again or anything.