has anyone actually had this problem with installing a new gauge cluster?
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has anyone actually had this problem with installing a new gauge cluster?
my boy bought a gauge cluster because he needed to replace his old one. so we get it and install it and everythings fine, but then the gas gauge plummets down as far as itll go. so we take it back out and check all the connections and tighten screws ect. and it fixes it a little but it works intermittently.
do these gauge clusters really short out this easily? i was told that it shorted out because we didnt disconnect the battery first. i dunno ive never disconnected a battery before just to install a gauge cluster. do these things really short out this easily or is the seller just BSin my friend?
do these gauge clusters really short out this easily? i was told that it shorted out because we didnt disconnect the battery first. i dunno ive never disconnected a battery before just to install a gauge cluster. do these things really short out this easily or is the seller just BSin my friend?
#6
Does he have much gas in the car? My old guage cluster used to do this. But it was just when I went around a sharp corner when I had about 1/4 tank left. It would go well past E but then come back up.
#7
hes got a 1/4 tank, but he isnt driving it around. so its not the corner thing. the needle goes all the way down slowly, just like it fills up. and it doesnt just go to empty. it goes ALLLLLLL the way down. but its intermittent seemingly to the gauge cluster connections. as in messing with them makes it come back or go away. definitely wasnt happening with the old gauge cluster.
#9
It moves like that based on the position of the fuel level sender. Take a left turn and watch it rise, take a left and it will drop.
#10
Sometimes it went down just going straight lol. It was a crazy guage needless to say but the light would come on the same time regardless. Now I have money and dont have wait to fill up.....awww the old days
#12
mines does the same thing goes up and down but only when its close to E
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cant swap back in the old one. he had to do a wire swap he was having center console issues. its all resolved now but this gauge cluster has problems. when i tightened the screws on the back it seemed to help for a minute.
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