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Location:
Sydney, Shire
Registered:
April 2004
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faulty tacho,fuel and temp gauge
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Wed, 30 March 2005 08:24
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hey hey hey..
my gauges have been playin up (not workin) off and on for a couple of weeks and the other day i had a play under the bonnet checked some wires and stuff then started it up and they worked...but now they r dead again i dont know wat wires do wat or if i did anything at all and it was just luck that it fixed itself..can anyone help?
is it a bad earth?
wat do shall one do to over come such misfortune?
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: faulty tacho,fuel and temp gauge
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Wed, 30 March 2005 08:33
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Sounds very much like a bad earth somewhere in the dash. Basically, you rattle/jiggle stuff until you find the offending connecter that kills the dials.
Happy jiggling!! 
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Location:
Sydney, Shire
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: faulty tacho,fuel and temp gauge
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Wed, 30 March 2005 08:38
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there r only about 1 million wires back there....i gotta get the dials workin first...mmm thanks..
anyone esle got any ideas?
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Location:
Melb, Victoria
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: faulty tacho,fuel and temp gauge
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Wed, 30 March 2005 08:47
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make sure your battery terminals are making a good connection and how old is ur battery?gauges and things sometimes playup when ur battery is dying.just a suggestion 
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Location:
Sydney, Shire
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: faulty tacho,fuel and temp gauge
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Wed, 30 March 2005 09:31
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ok i just took off the terimal and put it back on and it works...lets just hope it stays that way cause its very unpredictable...i couldnt pin point wat i did for it to work the other times cause i did a lot of things before checkin if it worked...anyway thanks for ya help...
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Location:
macca fields
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: faulty tacho,fuel and temp gauge
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Mon, 11 April 2005 09:40
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when they do work do they flutter?
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Location:
Sydney, Shire
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: faulty tacho,fuel and temp gauge
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Tue, 12 April 2005 07:31
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well the problem is fixed now...i just adjusted the battery terminal and they r now working...but no they didnt flutter..they were either workin or the needle was at the bottom...
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