scam75
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Greetings chaps
Mentioned this on my build thread once or twice but merits its own thread now I think!
My temp gauge is causing me grief! To start the gauge was erratic and flicking upwards sometimes to max, always above the temp it should be. A flick on the clock pod would sort it out for a bit, then it would go daft again soon. Cleaned up and swapped rugby balls (I have a spare complete clock pod) and was ok for a few days, then went worse than ever. Tried a different rugby ball, again ok for a few days then bonkers again. So, I swapped out the temp/fuel gauge from my other pod. Perfect for a week or so. Then noticed the other day I had no temp after driving for a bit, flicked the pod and it sorted itself. Then yesterday I noticed it was starting to be a bit erratic again, but this time going lower than the actual temp. Again, flicking the pod offers a temporary fix!
So, my thoughts are, it can't be wiring, sender (been replaced before chasing this issue, made no difference), or the dash cluster itself (can it?), as one gauge causes/can cause an erratic over-read, and the other gauge causes/can cause an erratic under-read, or even a no read? I'm mostly ruling out rugby balls as well due to multiple swaps, and pretty much at the stage I think I have 2 x faulty gauges. I could swap over the full PCB from the other pod (only thing I've not tried), but I don't think its the issue given 2 different types of fault with the 2 gauges?
So questions would be:
Probably hard to find 2nd hand without paying £300+ for a full clock pod. I'm not doing that. There is one on eBay just now for £40, I'm not convinced the temp needle is sitting where it should be though in the picture, it seems to be touching the start of the white markings, whereas my 2 gauges sit a couple of mm away from the start of the scale, when powered off.
Thanks as ever in advance
Stuart
Mentioned this on my build thread once or twice but merits its own thread now I think!
My temp gauge is causing me grief! To start the gauge was erratic and flicking upwards sometimes to max, always above the temp it should be. A flick on the clock pod would sort it out for a bit, then it would go daft again soon. Cleaned up and swapped rugby balls (I have a spare complete clock pod) and was ok for a few days, then went worse than ever. Tried a different rugby ball, again ok for a few days then bonkers again. So, I swapped out the temp/fuel gauge from my other pod. Perfect for a week or so. Then noticed the other day I had no temp after driving for a bit, flicked the pod and it sorted itself. Then yesterday I noticed it was starting to be a bit erratic again, but this time going lower than the actual temp. Again, flicking the pod offers a temporary fix!
So, my thoughts are, it can't be wiring, sender (been replaced before chasing this issue, made no difference), or the dash cluster itself (can it?), as one gauge causes/can cause an erratic over-read, and the other gauge causes/can cause an erratic under-read, or even a no read? I'm mostly ruling out rugby balls as well due to multiple swaps, and pretty much at the stage I think I have 2 x faulty gauges. I could swap over the full PCB from the other pod (only thing I've not tried), but I don't think its the issue given 2 different types of fault with the 2 gauges?
So questions would be:
- Can you actually obtain the rugby ball thingys anywhere without buying a full binnacle? Suppose it would do no harm to acquire some new ones.
- Can the gauge itself be cleaned up in any way to help the issues, or be repaired?
- Do you agree my gauges are faulty (fuel side is fine on both)?
- Any other suggestions?
Probably hard to find 2nd hand without paying £300+ for a full clock pod. I'm not doing that. There is one on eBay just now for £40, I'm not convinced the temp needle is sitting where it should be though in the picture, it seems to be touching the start of the white markings, whereas my 2 gauges sit a couple of mm away from the start of the scale, when powered off.
Thanks as ever in advance
Stuart