I'm not good enough to fix the individual components. I just find other used parts that work and swap them out, once I'm sure that the wiring and circuits are good.
Dude i got power going to the thing,, got that far.. it smoked and the (2) gauges temp and fuel pegged one day while driving, ever since it has been intermittent. now it has become a problem and i got nothing... but i still have power coming to the pin that goes to the fuel to power up the (2) units... now im challenged on how to take the gauge apart and add a solid state unit to my 64 gauge to make it work all the time... .if everything else keeps working in future
This is one of the sites that is vauge... Who on here has done this! and had it work? pics for the dumbass i dont understand how wiring something after ripping apart the gauge is going to solve my porblem.
The Lebanese guy would draw out the "o" in so, like sooooo. And then say "pissed off" like it was all one word real fast. Like:
I'm soooo pissedoff...
Ok everybody say it with me....
I'm soooo pissedoff.....
Very good!!
Isnt the voltage limiter inside the fuel gauge? thats the dammed thing that powers the temp as well right? so how do i convert that over to solid state? with pics? im i being clear? maybe the member here arent seeing wht im trying to do... im sorry if im not being clear....
I haven't worked on the 64 vingage ones. I've done many 67/68 clusters. The voltage limiter looks just like the condensor for the points ignition that comes off of the distributor. It is a round silver metal cylinder with a u-shaped connector attached to the cylinder and a wire coming off that hooks up to a stud. Make sure that the wire is connected to the proper stud if you have one like that. I've seen where many people put them back together on the wrong stud.
i did pry the thing back to see what your talking about and it is burnt... so it is pretty much useless now, the thing i need to know is the gas gauge itsself... now it powers the temp and fuel i got that far... but im having a hard time figureing out how to modify it? u can tell by my grammer im done! i dont want to brown rig it... i want to fix it like these other people but with nothing but vauge sites its nearly impossible
Isnt the voltage limiter inside the fuel gauge? thats the dammed thing that powers the temp as well right? so how do i convert that over to solid state? with pics? im i being clear? maybe the member here arent seeing wht im trying to do... im sorry if im not being clear....
My gauges were fluctuating wildly one day (intermittently) and I discovered power wire off of alternator fixin' to come off...
On a side note, its much better to be pi$$ed off than pi$$ed on..:cussing:
So what your saying is... The gauge burnt up, and there is no way other then the option u pasted? can u wire a 67+ silver box to it via 3 wires? why have i ran into a few pics online "64 cluster" with some chip on the back? did they inturnally rewire that as well? good info... can i just buy that unit and install without modding my gauge? thats sounding a little more promising.
Well i guess ill get a stock gauge and Not upgrade and wait for it to go out and be back at step one. i thought this was a simple thing. no wonder im getting so angry, at this poor design.
How do u disable the internal thing... this is what i have been trying to findout? if it is disabled then? how do i rewire what wire? what order? color? how? all that? lol this is what i have been asking?you can check resistance at the back of the fuel gauge and it should be about 20 ohms. but understand even if it reads 20 doesn't mean it is good once it gets hot and moves it might short out. There are certainly other people who rebuild gauges.
You will need to disable the internal limiter. then try the external limiter worse case the gauge is fried and it wont work, best case it will work fine.
I understand the frustration and yes that can be the result. I've been there - done that. I got tired of ripping the dash out and finally fixed it once and for all. I don't think when these cars were designed they were meant to be around in 50 years. Some things just have a limited life span...
and sorry for the poor guys that have no idea what im trying to explain clearly.