I'm not sure what the deal is but the other day my low fuel light came on, with a half tank of gas in it, and so did the check guages light. I know the fuel is not low and all the other guages are fine. What sensor(s) am i lookin at replacing to fix the issues at hand?
Thanks
You need to resolder your gauge cluster. There is a writeup on it at www.w-body.com (http://www.w-body.com)
Go to Tech Info, then Common Problems, then "Check Gauges" and/or "Fuel Low" indicators always on.
Follow that writeup and you will have no more lights!
or you can remove the bulbs and forget about it. Sometimes the actual etched board gets a crack in that, in that case you will have to solder a jumper from the pin on the board to the next pin after the crack. It is bitch I hate these clusters
There's a right way and a half-assed way, take your pick :laugh:
Thanks guys
I had mine professonaly done, it was perfect for awhile then the light came on occasionaly. when I did the "lighted intercooled mod" i soldered the board and it has been fine. it has been about a year now.
Nick you should check your attitude at the door pal. I would rather have my engine running right or my AC working than spending my free time worrying about a light on the cluster that is going to screw up again later :icon_rolleyes: Further I have resoldered my cluster and although some of us are skilled enough to do this, others are not. I was simply offering a suggestion if someone finds it that annoying and does not have the means to fix it. I was also offering my experience in that resoldering the chip does not always fix it because as I said the board does crack and open the circuit in the etching. In this case you will have to run a wire in parallel to the etching circuit on the board for it to go off. Unless you etch your own circuit boards? I don't have this capability.
Or you can send your cluster out and spend $100 bucks or so to get it fixed, to each his own I guess.
Ken
It was a joke man. :icon_rolleyes: But seriously, the correct way to fix that problem is to resolder the cluster. Sure, taking out the bulb will get rid of the lights, but there is a correct way to do the job, and there is something to be said for doing a job correctly.
I'm not arguing with you. ;)
im pretty good at soldering... we need a full writup with pics on this matter.
a place called specmo checked out my cluster and supposedly fixed that problem and checked accuracy of all gauges, they charged $200 and less than a year later was doing the same thing. thats when i did it myself.