Same thing happens if the IVR is not grounded.. If the contact stick closed it sends to much voltage and overheats your gauges
Same thing happens if the IVR is not grounded.. If the contact stick closed it sends to much voltage and overheats your gauges
RTE limiter - rte
These people sell a solid state replacement and have great installation instructions. Did mine 2 years ago, works great. Btw this is a great time to replace your dash lights with leds also.
There's your problem... Our 50+ year old dashes HATE led lights. Oh wait that's just me!Thanks! I already have LEDs
The oil gauge would surely go to max. Because the limiter is puttng out more due to a short circuit, the other 2 gauges would climb some. Maybe not to max rapidly but some.how that would effect the other guages?
so what was it the ground? Only asking because I'm into mine. I feel like Ive had my dash out a hand full of times and I m getting sick of it...
I also have a ground wire that I am going to terminate in the steering column bolts. when I think about it its my own fault Ive had it out , i didnt do it right years ago. Now I he resoldered pins, did the LED upgrade replaced lamp sockets etc.
i also did some under dash wire repair. Soldered and shrink wrap no butt connectors.
If the IVR / instrument cluster is not grounded the IVR provided 12 volts to the gauges
Same thing happens if the IVR is not grounded
New aftermarket gauges would be an improvement. No way I would trust 50+ year old gauges unless I absolutely had to.
The gauges worked finse until I had the initial "smoke incident" :S. I like the look of the original Rallye gauges they look awesome from my perspective and still work after 52 years.
I saw a setup somewhere in this forum from Dakota Digital that looked very close to the original look with modern components, unfortunately it was a custom made set of gauges, I looked in their web page but is not listed yet. I have not taken the time to call them ans ask them how much it costs
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You can leave OEM ones in place and add a triple gauge set under dash, that way it retains OEM look with new reliability.
You dodged a bullet so far with smoke incident in my opinion.
Good luck.