Date:         Thu, 06 Jun 1996 11:21:00 -0700 (PDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Maher, Steve (SD-MS)" <SMAHER@gi.com>
Subject:      RE: VOLTAGE STABILIZER


>DOES ANYONE KNOW if the voltage stabilizer is supposed to be insulated
>from the back of the instrument cluster.  Everytime I try to fix my gas
>gauge on my 74 westie it seems to die when I bolt the stabilizer to the
>back of the gauges.  Please help I hate to run out of gas.  Erick


Well, I don't know specifically... but when I disconnected the old voltage
stabiliser on the '80 V6anagon, and soldered in another with a higher
voltage on top of it while leaving the old one mounted, I did not mount
the new one to anything-- it is held simply by the +12VDC and Ground
leads, and the third lead goes to a wire leading to the gauge.

And it works fine. Have you tried leaving the stabilizer unbolted, and
just supported by its leads? Works for me...

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 Steve Maher     smaher@gi.com    '80 V6anagon    '66 Mustang Coupevertible
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