Tachometer, Fuel gauge, clock out

[JKIUMA]

I started my 88 honda civic dx this morning and all went well. After 5 yards or so of driving I noted the tachometer was stuck at zero, the fuel gauge was slowly falling to empty, the clock was out and all indicators except the speedometer and the batery indicator were out. The cabin lights stayed on, the car drove on all the way to work.
It scared the hell out of me but I made it. Anybody with and Idea could please help me.

[turtlecrxsi]

fuse blown?

[JKIUMA]

Originally Posted by turtlecrxsi

fuse blown?

I will check the fuses. Is the tachometer controlled electricaly?

[JKIUMA]

I could not find the fuse except to the clock and that is in good shape. I do not know what else to check.
please Help.

[forcefanad]

Check all the fuses....its a lot faster and easier if u have a voltmeter....you can put it on ohms and lust touch the 2 metal pins that come out the face of the fuse where it says the amperage and if it makes some indication on the voltmeter the fuse is good....a lot easier to do it that way.

Originally Posted by JKIUMA

I could not find the fuse except to the clock and that is in good shape. I do not know what else to check.
please Help.

[riccimangan]

maybe the wires just became unplugged from behind the clocks, Id check all the simple things first, like forcefanad said, check all the fuses,.,.,.,.

[JKIUMA]

Thanks for all the tips.
The turn signal fuse was surely blown, I had not realised it was not working too untill later. I changed the fuse and everything came back then this morning I am driving and out goes the whole bunch of indicators plus the signal. I am not sure what is killing the fuse that quick.

[2CrX]

Something is shorted out.

[JKIUMA]

I am comming up short looking for the shorted out wires. Anybody with experience on how to quickly look for trouble areas on this kind of problem