Fried gauges?
Hi guys, I’ve been working lately on a 74’ dart custom, trying to get everything into working order. Lately I’ve been having troubles with the fuel and temperature gauges. I figured this was likely due to a faulty voltage limiter on the back of the cluster, but even after cleaning and replacing the voltage limiter, the temp and gas gauge still do not operate. I’m curious if the gauges are fried. I’ve uploaded a photo of what I see when at operating temp. Do these look fried and bellow the line? I know it’s hard to tell just from looking at the gauges, but from what I’ve heard usually the indicators on the gauges will be pegged far left. Not sure if this is what that looks like, or if they are just not getting anything from the senders, although I find it awfully coincidental that both senders would be disrupted considering these things are known to have their limiter fail and fry the gauges. If this isn’t the case, I’m curious if there’s any way I can test the temperature sender to troubleshoot fixing this issue. I know these gauges are expensive to replace. Thanks!
Hi guys, I’ve been working lately on a 74’ dart custom, trying to get everything into working order. Lately I’ve been having troubles with the fuel and temperature gauges. I figured this was likely due to a faulty voltage limiter on the back of the cluster, but even after cleaning and replacing the voltage limiter, the temp and gas gauge still do not operate. I’m curious if the gauges are fried. I’ve uploaded a photo of what I see when at operating temp. Do these look fried and bellow the line? I know it’s hard to tell just from looking at the gauges, but from what I’ve heard usually the indicators on the gauges will be pegged far left. Not sure if this is what that looks like, or if they are just not getting anything from the senders, although I find it awfully coincidental that both senders would be disrupted considering these things are known to have their limiter fail and fry the gauges. If this isn’t the case, I’m curious if there’s any way I can test the temperature sender to troubleshoot fixing this issue. I know these gauges are expensive to replace. Thanks!
