I recently replaced the stepper motor for the temp gauge and it does not stay where it belongs. All of the other gauges are working as they should after their swap, but this one drifts below the “C” unless I physically hold it at there when I turn the key. I even went as far as putting the old stepper back in to see if that’d fix it... but nope. Before I tap some sort of pin in at the “C” to hold it, I’d like to know if there is a way to correct the issue. Thanks for any assistance you can provide.

I was actually able to correct it. It seems I somehow didn’t have the stepper motor adjusted so it hit its limit at the “C”. I feel a bit dumb, but it’s the one gauge that goes counterclockwise, so I’ll give myself a pass.

I’m not sure how long this link will work, but I purchased my stepper motors as part of a kit with replacement red LEDs...

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F112927875473

Half of the original incandescent bulbs installed on the cluster had either burnt out or had failed connections that made them work sporadically, so nighttime driving was a pain. Since the stepper motors are known to go out as well, and I was already going to have the cluster removed, I decided to swap everything.

If you’re handy with a soldering iron, the process is easy enough... though some guesswork may be needed with determining + (pos) and - (neg) for the LEDs.