"NevadaBob" wrote:
> I am having the sam eproblem on my 1998 Neon. First
> instruments went dead,
> then they came back after about an hour and now my speedometer
> is
> intermittent.
>
> I took the instrument cluster off. Are there solder
> connections on both
> sides of the board or just the side that faces out?

I had the same gas gauge problem with my ’95 Neon, over 125,000 miles.
I pulled the humongous sending unit out of the gas tank, found the
actual electronic/resistive part of the unit that the contacts slide
back and forth on as the float moves, and I found the contacts to be
contaminated with some sort of thin carbon buildup. I cleaned the
contact surfaces GENTLY with some 400 grit sandpaper, then blasted the
whole electronic part with contact cleaner/lube from Radio Shack.
Tested and reassembled it, and Presto! Gas gauge works now, and I
didn’t have to pay the $115 for the new sending unit. Give that a try,
and NO SMOKING!!

-- Bill

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