Basketcase
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not being a smart ass....did you try the switch on the light (this is the map light above the glove box?)
Electrical issue:1969 roadrunner
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bschomske
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I do not have a map light..but thanks for the info....
vso737
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Russ69Runner
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Like the Rod sitting by the runner also. COOL!!!!!!!
cosgig
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The gauges may ground to the housing, which grounds through the pivot bolt at the bottom of the dash at the kick panel. Lots of times when the dash is painted or powder coated, all ground is lost because of the paint. I sanded the inside lip of the tab where the bolt goes through, and used a star washer on the bolt itself. It fixed all my accessories but one, which turned out to be a bad circuit run on the board itself.
vso737
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The FUEL gauge saga continues.............
I decided to install an after market gauge. I still plan on getting the stock in dash gauge working as well. Solved the question of whether one can run two gauges off of the one sending unit. YES, you can using a double pole toggle switch. One can then choose which gauge to view by just the flip of a switch. My after market gauge works perfect but the in dash stock gauge is still NOT responding.
The ignition swith checks out. The sending wire is good up to the toggle switch. The stock type voltage limiter I replaced with the solid state limiter is also working. I have NOT tested the solid state limiter in the car. The stock gauge works- when I removed the sending wire at the sender and ground it, the gauge moved up to the full mark. I suspect that the stock gauge is NOT getting juice. The gauge responded to the FULL mark when grounding the wire at the sender so that means the sender wire is GOOD. Have to see if the limiter checks out. I like to keep the solid state limiter so hoping it is working...........
Pictures attached................
LG,
Mike
I decided to install an after market gauge. I still plan on getting the stock in dash gauge working as well. Solved the question of whether one can run two gauges off of the one sending unit. YES, you can using a double pole toggle switch. One can then choose which gauge to view by just the flip of a switch. My after market gauge works perfect but the in dash stock gauge is still NOT responding.
The ignition swith checks out. The sending wire is good up to the toggle switch. The stock type voltage limiter I replaced with the solid state limiter is also working. I have NOT tested the solid state limiter in the car. The stock gauge works- when I removed the sending wire at the sender and ground it, the gauge moved up to the full mark. I suspect that the stock gauge is NOT getting juice. The gauge responded to the FULL mark when grounding the wire at the sender so that means the sender wire is GOOD. Have to see if the limiter checks out. I like to keep the solid state limiter so hoping it is working...........
Pictures attached................
LG,
Mike
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vso737
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Thanks for the compliment..........built to MY liking..................LOL
quikbird
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If possible check the pin on the back of the cluster. They work loose and create connection problems