Dash Circuit Board Pin Repair - Barracuda

A few nights ago I was driving my 1966 Barracuda and decided it was time to fix the wiper motor issue, and it was also then that I happened to notice a couple dash lights weren't working. Then my high-beam indicator light went out. I tapped on the instrument cluster and the dash and high beam indicator lights all came back on. So since I had the dash out of the car to work on the wiper motor, I also did some detective work to fix the dash lights. Here's what I found:

A broken pin, in case you missed it. This broken pin wasn't the cause of the intermittent lights but it still needed to be fixed. I fortunately repaired a similar broken pin on my Sport Fury so I had the tools and parts to fix this. I dug out the brass plated brads I used the last time and set to work soldering the broken pin back on. The brad is just the right diameter to fit snugly inside the pin.

I also put solder around the other pins to help stabilize them.

Below is a photo of the backside of the circuit board, showing the head of the brad.

The lighting issue on the circuit board ended up being a loose ground screw, so it was just a matter of tightening it up.