yesterday all my gauges decided to go weird, all seem to be running on highest position but were fine the day before... any ideas????eg temp gauge is running full even when car hasnt been started???
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, Apr 02 2006 01:32 PM
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Posted 02 April 2006 - 01:32 PM
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Posted 02 April 2006 - 04:47 PM
Sounds like faulty voltage stabilizer, and or bad earth from the voltage stabilizer. You need to recitify ASAP or the windings on the gauges will burn out.
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Posted 02 April 2006 - 05:27 PM
is the stabiliser on the back of the gauges??? thanks
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Posted 02 April 2006 - 05:33 PM
Its a little silver box looks like a small flasher can i guess, it has 2 prongs coming out of it and has vdo stamped on it. If it is faulty it can be replaced with one off an sl dash they are the same.
Oh and yes it is on the back of the cluster
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Oh and yes it is on the back of the cluster
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Posted 02 April 2006 - 07:26 PM
thanks guys
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Posted 02 April 2006 - 08:30 PM
As the guys have said.. the regulator has blown.
You'll be lucky if the guages arent cooked!!
When mine went it took ALL the guages with it, (SL/R cluster). Cost me $215 from memory to get them ALL re-wound and perfect...
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You'll be lucky if the guages arent cooked!!
When mine went it took ALL the guages with it, (SL/R cluster). Cost me $215 from memory to get them ALL re-wound and perfect...
Cheers
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Posted 02 April 2006 - 10:44 PM
If you need another one you can take one from the back of an old SL dash (same regulator)... I did a quick guide in Tech articles.
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Posted 02 April 2006 - 10:50 PM
is there another way around using an old regulator, a more modern relaible model.
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 06:48 AM
There's a kit from Dick Smith I believe but the unit is a lot bigger than the regulator in the back of the SL or SL/R dash, I think it works a different way - the one in the torana is just a bimetal strip that makes contact and releases it constantly (as it heats and cools) to regulate the voltage, when the strip dies there's no more regulating and the gauges get a full 12v making them 'max out'...
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