Gauge Cluster Corrosion

[firefighterwhite89]

Behind my gauge cluster, my electrical connections/solder points have alot of corrosion. The panel lights intermittently light up from corrosive connections. How would i get rid of this corrosion? I don't think it'd be wise to sand it, especially since one part is as thin as paper, and both of them seem covered in some kinda coating that's flaking...

[Dr_Snooz]

I'd hit the junkyard and pick up a swapper.

[1813mdw]

prob best to find a way of replacing it all. corrosion sucks and is hard to get rid of. new cluster, wire, and a soldering gun would be the way i'd go

[firefighterwhite89]

Ok. Thanks. So there's no hope for alleviating the corrosion on the current pc board/cluster?

3gee accords are extremely rare here in the land of oblivious rednecks and the junkyards of Alabama. I've found two, in Cullman, Al. but one's on a carbed auto accord and the other on an auto prelude...i have a 5 speed...would this present much issuance, using an auto gauge cluster for a 5sp?

[forrest89sei]

You can use a auto cluster on a 5 Speed car but you'll have the park light on all the time. You can not use a carb car cluster in a EFI car due to the fact that it doesn't have the VSS sensor that the ECU needs, so you'll get a check engine light.

87-89 Clusters are swapable into a '86 they just look a little different

Hatch and Coupe clusters can be used in a sedan but wont show what doors are open right unless you swap the display from the sedan cluster in.

And finally some cars have a NS Cluster and others have Nippondenso, either cluster will work in any car, but you cannot swap parts between those 2 clusters. The nippondenso cluster is great if you want to change the color of your gauges since it just uses colored bulbs to color the gauges vs the NS which uses a plastic film thats built into the cluster.

Clusters are tooo bad on ebay:
'86 LXI MT $39 shipped
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1986-86-HONDA-ACCORD-LXI-SPEEDOMETER-CLUSTER-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem19a8e06a68QQitemZ11020 7461992QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccesso ries#ht_500wt_787
89 LXI MT
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1989-ACCORD-4DR-OEM-SPEEDOMETER-INSTRUMENT-CLUSTER-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem5ada2076c4QQitemZ39020 6617284QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccesso ries#ht_1119wt_702

[Dr_Snooz]

Pics of said corrosion?

[import racer]

Try an old tooth brush and some tooth paste,not the gel kind.

[firefighterwhite89]

Pics of said corrosion?

I'll Take some pics when my roommate gets home. He' got an HD camera. My last camera broke awhile back at the Fire College.

[rc00netzero]

it may be a bit of a drive for you but check PullaPart.com Birmingham,AL location they often have some 3G hondas

[1813mdw]

might as well try "restoring" what you got for now. i can grab you one around here in north florida prob. send a pm if interested