Date:         Fri, 20 Apr 2001 12:10:14 MDT
Reply-To:     Joe Fortino <biker.pride@USA.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joe Fortino <biker.pride@USA.NET>
Subject:      Re: [Vexing temperature and fuel gauge intermittant functioning
              problem on Eurovan]
Comments: To: gary a meek <g.a.meek@HOME.COM>
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Gary et list,
well seems i'll need to start troubleshooting my gas gauge soon
it never registers correctly always off by like 6 gals. * this
is hard on long trips when i say hmmmmm I'll make it..

looking in the bently they say something about checking the instrument
panel.. * maybe a bad transistor?



gary a meek <g.a.meek@HOME.COM> wrote:
Sometimes, when I turn on the key the coolant temp LED will flash
as it's supposed to, and the fuel gauge and temperature gauge needles
will start to rise, as they are supposed to do.

Other times, they will act completely dead. Some time during the drive,
they will function and then quit at will.

                        IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!!!!!!

I put another instrument pod into the vehicle, and the same symptoms
appear, so I am ruling out that the problem is in the gauges themselves.

Could it be the ignition V+ supply is not steadily reaching the
instrument
panel through the multipin connector?

Any one have this problem? Any leads would be appreciated.........

gary


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