Washed the Car and Lost Guages, Turn Signals & Windshield Wipers...

[RT DAVE]

...would installing a hood to cowl seal prevent this from happening next time?   I had power to all the guages but I wasn't getting any readings.   

[Chryco Psycho]

did you have power to the senders on the engine or just the guages behind the dash ?
if you have power the the senders it sounds like a bad engine ground whiuch makes no sense or it wouldn`t start

[RT DAVE]

did you have power to the senders on the engine or just the guages behind the dash ?
if you have power the the senders it sounds like a bad engine ground whiuch makes no sense or it wouldn`t start

Really ignorant question here, but how would I determine that?  The car ran and the backlights to the gauges worked.  I know that's not what you asked about, so I'm not sure why I restated that.  All I really did at that point was pull the thing in the garage because it was still 90* out at 8:30 at night.   Been waiting for it to cool down.  Still don't know if I've regained functionality of those gauges.  Will recheck and post by tomorrow.  All I know is I'm not buying any more projects.  I don't have the knowledge or the time at this point in my life.