ssage@socal.rr.com writes:
>Is your tach working or not? I had this happen in my Tiger a couple of
>years
>ago (tach, fuel and temp. guages suddenly inoperable). The fuse was blown,
>as you describe. I replaced the fuse. Still no guage operation. Then I
>cleaned the terminals (prongs) that the fuse presses into, which had
>become
>corroded. I just used a screwdriver to scrape off as much corrosion as I
>could. That solved the problem and the guages came back to life.
>
>Do the illumination bulbs for both guages still light up? If not, the
>ground
>wire could have come off, although I don't think that by itself would
>cause
>guage operation to stop. Those two guages (and the electric tach) are
>wired
>in line, though, so make sure all wires are still connected, and the nuts
>holding the guage brackets behind the dash are all tight. Also, the guage
>voltage regulator (that piece behind the dash) could have gone bad (I've
>had
>this happen a couple of times), or one of the wires going to it could have
>come loose. Either event would have the effect you describe.
Steve,
thanks for the reply.
There are no other problems except that the fuel and temp gauges do not
register. Everything else is working properly. Actually, when I let the
car sit a bit while running to check out the problem it did appear as if
the temp gauge did move up ever so slightly. Not being electrically
inclined I am not sure what this means. I speculate that there's a ton of
resistance, which would mean a short somewhere? A bad ground?
Short of replacing the low voltage stabilizer, how can I test to see if it
has failed?
CNA
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