Gauges

[Burrito06]

One of my Gauge bulbs burned out so I replaced it. The thing that happened was that when I went to reinstall the gauges I guess I accidentally pushed the fuel pin up. You know the pin where it show you how much gas you have left. I was wondering if it will go back down to where it was before I replaced the bulb. I was 3/4 of a tank left and now the pin is way past the Full letter. I was wondering how would I fix this. Should I unplug the battery and maybe it will go down that way or do I have to fix it manually.

 

[FiReBReTHa]

manually.


just push it to what it should be

 

[Burrito06]

Will the needle still act like normal then. Would it continue to go down from 3/4 of a tank just like it did before?

 

[FiReBReTHa]

yep, xactly

 

[Burrito06]

ok, thanks has this happened to you before?

 

[FiReBReTHa]

indeed, after i did my indiglo needle project it got a little goofy so i had to do it a couple times, now if you remove the needle you place it incorrectly you have to remove and place it properly.


but if you bump it you just have to put it to where its supposed to be.

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[Burrito06]

Those needles look tight man....where did you get them I've been looking for some. Were they easy to install? Howm much did you pay for them?

 

[FiReBReTHa]

completly custom


you can buy them for 70 i think from www.importintelligence.com

i did them and my interior for 20$ everything custom done.

 

[Burrito06]

I tried pushing it down to where it should be but when I start the car it still goes all the way up to past the Full sign. Should I disconnect the negative side of the battery? Did I mess something up. I don't know what's going on and I don't want to drive the car not knowing how much gas I have.

 

[FiReBReTHa]

the cars gotta be on. because the gauge goes up when the car is on. if you know where its supposed to be, try pullin the needle straight off, and pushing it back on the way it should be.

 

[Burrito06]

What's weird is that I drove about 60 miles today just to see if the needle will go down and it did not budge.

 

[SpydiRTEK]

if all else fails, run it dry and put your needle back on 'e' before you fill it back up :laugh: