El Camino Printed Circuit, For Cars With Gauges, 1978-1987

  NOTE: Because of the vast range of different printed circuits used in 78-87, please verify you are ordering the correct unit by using the GM number imprinted on your original circuit before ordering. This reproduction is of 25046676.     After 1969, all GMC and Chevy El Caminos were equipped from the factory with printed circuits behind the instrument cluster instead of a harness to operate the gauges and lights. Not only was it more cost effective for the factory to use a printed circuit, but it saves space, weight and reduces the “rats nest” of wires typically found behind your cluster. Your 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 El Caminos printed circuit is simply a piece of plastic with conductive copper material embedded in it. Unlike solid hard computer printed circuit boards, these boards are flexible, translucent plastic sheets which operate in the same fashion by conducting electricity to the different dashboard functions. This GMC Caballero, Amarillo or El Camino printed circuit can act as a fusible link when using the wrong fuses in your fuse block leading to damaging and costly breaks in the printed circuit. If your GMC or El Camino gauges fail or the instrument lighting seems abnormally dim, your El Camino printed circuit may have gone bad. To easily check this pull your El Camino printed circuit and hold it up to a light, you should be able to easily see the break. Be careful your old flexible plastic board might be brittle and rough handling may lead to more substantial damage. The El Camino Store has sold thousands of 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 El Camino printed circuits over the years and has worked closely with a manufacturer to make sure all possible combinations of Camallero, Amarillo or El Camino printed circuits are available for your classic El Camino. If you don’t see yours listed, make sure you let us know. We should be able to get it!