Yep, you can permanently ground the NSS wire.
Just be careful, engine will turn over in any gear.
Accidently left mine in drive, when I hit the key, it started and moved forward, luckily nothing in front.
Agreed, that's where I'd start.
Measure voltage to coil/ballast resistor while trying the key.
Disconnect connector on column and you can do it yourself.
Ignore stuff at bottom, that's for a 3G swap.
I put a dash cap on 20yrs ago and it looked great.
Got a wild hair and bought a redone dash for $800, 10yrs ago.
Dash cap was nicer, no comparison.
I'm seeing dashes are now $2k, no way I'd pay that.
Same happened to me.
It's a common misconception that the speedometer is gear driven.
It's actually magnetically coupled, so when the bushing wears out, you get the jumpy needle. Had the worst vendor experience ever, paid idiot to go through the whole cluster, he just glued on a new needle, and...