The only way the panel gauges can go to full scale is by being grounded with something less than thirty five ohms (which brings the temp gauge to the beginning of the overheat zone and the fuel gauge to somewhere near full. I haven't got Bentley with me at the instant to see if the sender wires are adjacent, but something is shorting them down. If the panel regulator is putting full voltage to them they'll read higher than normal, but I doubt that the temp gauge would even budge with a cold engine, it normally takes about 60C to get it to the beginning of the transition zone. Yrs, d At 09:26 PM 4/30/2016, Jim Arnott wrote: >’84 Vanagon > >It started with the wipers not working. I >pulled the fuse box down and ditzeled with fuses >and relays until I noticed the ground wire >loose. Reattached ground wire and had wipers. >THEN aux gauges weren’t working. No power to >the fuse that I scabbed them on to years ago. >Than led to the failed load reduction >relay. Replaced it and the aux gauges are >working. But NOW the fuel and temp gauges go >full scale. Everything else is >functional. I’ve taken it all apart and put >it back together a couple times so far with no >change. I have the GoWesty instrument wiring, >I’ve sorta ruled out the actual cluster >wiring. Someone suggested the voltage stabilizer >but I haven’t changed it yet. I have replaced >the 27 load reduction relay and the 43 temp gauge relay. No change. >Ideas? > >Jim > > >“All journeys end when we reach our >destination but the journeying remains a thing >apart, unique unto itself. Most of us make >life’s journeys without understanding that the >journeying is a separate thing.” >Bob Hoover - The Grendel Saga |
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