Originally Posted by The_Maniac (Post 718840)

The Mileage area is typically a group of failed solder connection to to some resistors or transistors (somewhere there was a write up on this). It's a simple re-touch with a soldering iron in most cases.
And as you said, the bulbs are a job that requires soldering.

I have not had to do it on the Monte, but the work is the same, I have soldering new bulbs and step motors on a cluster for a Sierra and a LeSabre. If you are OK with basic soldering, the job is really easy. If you are planning to keep the car for more years, you may want to invest in repairing a cluster, otherwise, you are installing another aged cluster with potentially the same problems coming up. Just food for thought.

I looked at the connector pin outs for the 2000 and 2002 Monte. It appears they are a match. So I might be wrong about the comparability. But something is telling me I read someone with an issue before. You already have the cluster, so worst that happens is that you plug it in and it does not work.

Originally Posted by Dj_bosse (Post 718860)

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/monteca...075526a4a1.jpg

I had my odometer light go in and out on my old Monte. For mine it was the two resistors circled on the picture above (or at least where the resistors should be). After I took this picture that second resistor actually fell off. While I had the cluster out I also soldered in some new LED lights. All together, it took probably 10 minutes to replace the resistor and lights. Honestly I think it took more time pulling the cluster out and putting it back in than it took for the repair. If you're halfway experienced soldering, I'd recommend just replacing lights and checking those resistors. Here's a link to the old thread: https://montecarloforum.com/forum/mo...s-57668/page2/

Originally Posted by FatalcMCSS (Post 718861)

Yeah, i installed it this morning and everything works, it's just the BRAKE light stays on..idk why that is..

Originally Posted by Glen01SS (Post 718863)

Glad you got it in and working; maybe that's the incompatibility issue. How long did it take you?