Ive started noticing that as it is getting colder in the mornings, when i fire up my truck the tach shoots to about 1200 and sticks, even if i rev it. If i rev it high it will jerk up to around 3000 and stay there even when i idle. after about 5 minutes of driving the tach starts reading smooth like normal. Also the temp guage will not move from the bottom unless i smack the guage cluster a few times, then it starts to read the right temp. The speedometer needle wobbles too, but i think thats just the cable?

The previous owner had some color changing faceplate crap installed and i think he tore into the gauge cluster to do it... where should i start to fix this?

any suggestions work!

 

Is the aftermarket gauge overlay stuff still in place?

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