dave m Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 hi i am still trying to get my gas gauge to work. dropped the dash pulled the cluster i thought i did not have a good ground made new ground no luck. how can i check the gauge out of the car; I do not have an extra sending unit the sending unit to cluster plug reads ohms; also power to gauge works. the gauge was new 10 yrs ago but never worked. i have been playing with this for weeks now thanks one last thing this is an ss dash conversion from 10yrs ago it has no resitor on back i have been told the new gauges have it internal???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave m Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 good news I figured it out. I knew my sending unit was working , I took a spare battery grounded it to the car used the wire from the car sender did ground to the ground on the gauge out of the car and hot the gauge in the dash still did not work but my old big gauge did.. I then took the new gauge ou of the dash hooked it up and it worked.. the answer the sending stud on the gauge was touching the dash housing,, i enlarged the holes in the dash housings used the insulator and bolted the gauge in place with no contact to the housing. I did the same process for my new volt gauge. all will go back together soon thanks bad news i fried the circuit board new one on the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stangeba Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 We need to watch out for the left ft speaker touching the printed circuit also. Replacement speakers can probably be a big problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave m Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 yes your right i have a thin sheet of foam taped to the bottom of that speaker, I just found a set of 4"round with 1.75 depth I am thinking of trying. they handle 50 watts I am running a amp even though i dont listen to the stereo often i keep blowing them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave m Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 new problem fuel gauge and volt gauge now working.. started to bolt the dash back in place .now to find the tach now not working it did work before i startedand when i tested everying before bolting the dash back in. it is a new circuit board,i checked the conections and every thing seems good. when i just; start to crank the engine i get a quick burst of 1000 rpm i do have msd box i am ready to give up thanks dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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