Here's mine, 9/77 build
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LX wiring differences
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, Aug 31 2020 11:48 PM
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Posted 15 September 2020 - 08:05 PM
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Posted 16 September 2020 - 10:25 PM
Thanks Kevin, any chance you've got a pic of the whole back of the cluster?
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Posted 17 September 2020 - 06:27 PM
Hi Garth,
Sorry I don't, I'll have to pull the cluster out to get a pic for you. Sounds look a good job for tomorrow!
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Posted 17 September 2020 - 09:43 PM
Hi Garth,
Here's a pic of the rear of mine. It is a 6/77 build.
The black box wired into the fuel gauge circuit is a balast resistor ( I believe). The fuel gauge was faulty and the guy who fixed it, maybe 10 years ago, said the bits were NLA so this was the only option.
Works OK, maybe a more elegant solution is available now?
Hope this helps.
Cheers Bill
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Posted 17 September 2020 - 09:49 PM
Strange? You can re wind the nichrome wire on the needles. That’s all that usually fails.
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Posted 17 September 2020 - 10:25 PM
LX have a built in voltage regulator. An instrument repairer should be able to rewind it and get rid of that black box.
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Posted 17 September 2020 - 10:35 PM
Oh yeah I just took a closer look. The entire mechanical voltage regulator is gone..... hahahaha. I use this no worries these days.
https://www.jaycar.c...ulator/p/XC4514
https://www.jaycar.c...ulator/p/XC4514
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Posted 17 September 2020 - 10:39 PM
Fitted to a friends cluster I restored.
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Posted 18 September 2020 - 02:41 PM
Great. I'll be getting my instruments checked soon so I'll try and get rid of that bulky regulator.
Thanks for the tips.
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Posted 21 September 2020 - 10:25 PM
How's this? -
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Posted 22 September 2020 - 09:40 AM
Love it 
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