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FrenchDragRacer

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Hello from France!

I try to remove my instruments cluster on my 71 Dart sedan because my fuel gauge don't run. I've remove this relay. Anybody know what is his function?

Thanks!
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Not a relay it is a current limiter for your gauges. It takes 12VDC and drops it to 5VDC, If your fuel and temperature gauge are not working good bet that is the culprit.
 
Not a relay it is a current limiter for your gauges. It takes 12VDC and drops it to 5VDC, If your fuel and temperature gauge are not working good bet that is the culprit.
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Check continuity / resistance.
 
Recommend you replace it with an aftermarket solid state one. If you search, there are a few places show you how to build one using a 5V solid state regulator chip Get you started:

RTE limiter - rte

Making voltage regulator for dash gauges

Mopar Voltage Regulator Upgrade

Other problems with the clusters read this:

Printed circuit pins repair

1...Check the connector pins carefully for corrosion or looseness between board traces. They should be soldered to the board traces

2....Connection contacts for the IVR often lose contact with the board traces. Solder bridges across as shown in the link above

3....Gauge stud nuts lose contact with board traces. Loosen/ tighten nuts a few times to "scrub" them clean and consider replacing nuts with "regular" hex nuts

There is resistance values for the senders derived from the old gauge tester (in the factory manuals) which is 3 resistances with a switch, used to substitute for the sender, giving you low scale, mid scale, and high scale, IE C--middle--H or E--1/2--F etc

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All gauge units are the same, oil, temp, fuel. They all read the same with the same sender resistance
 
Continuity tests tell you NOTHING on that device. You need to check it operationally as I detailed above using 12 jigged up to the proper cluster pin and cluster ground, and check the gauges response using test resistors substituted for the senders.

Just.......replace....the.....device
 
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