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					Originally Posted by braverichard
					
				 Anyone have any idea of what happened here? My friend was guessing that perhaps by driving without the instrument panel, I was running just on my battery and the alternator wasn't recharging it to produce electricity. OR he said my alternator could just have gone bad. Any ideas before I take the car to the mechanic tomorrow? Thanks again!! | 
	
 Charge the battery.
Install the cluster.
With luck; everything will be ok.
Without the cluster, your alternator circuit is not complete = driving on battery only.
			
				
			
		
 
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
			
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