Jumped a dead battery - now have a dead gauge cluster

[jbarhydt]

1999 C2 Tip - after sitting for several weeks my battery went dead - battery appears to be at least 5 years old and probably needed replacing anyway. I hooked my shop charger directly to the battery and let it charge for an hour. Didn't do any good - not only did i not have enough juice to turn over the engine, i didn't have enough juice to move the seats or windows. I put the charger into "jump-start" mode and tried the windows and seat again - still nothing.

I purchased a new battery -- and now i have what appears to be a dead dash cluster -- no tach, no speedo, no on board computer display, and the tranny indicator is stuck in "d4". Car starts and runs fine. Fuel gauge and temp gauge seem to be working fine.

I've been told that there is a short list of components that are more sensitive to jump-starting -- besides the dash pod what other parts should i be testing? It will be a few more weeks before i get a chance to start testing components and such - just doing some research now.

[Richard Hamilton]

Ideally, you should jump start the car using the terminals in the engine compartment, as shown in the owners handbook.

It might be a bit obvious, but have you checked fuses?