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Brass nut for petrol guage earth in instruments panel
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:56 pm
by bpowell555
Hi, got the panel out but can't find the thread with the picture of the back of the panel showing the nut to tighten. I guess I could just tighten them all
Any pointers?
Cheers
Re: Brass nut for petrol guage earth in instruments panel
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:01 pm
by bpowell555
No soldering required is there?
Re: Brass nut for petrol guage earth in instruments panel
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:07 pm
by daimlerman
There's only the two brass nuts
one each directly behind fuel/temp gauges.
Re: Brass nut for petrol guage earth in instruments panel
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:29 pm
by Brianmoooore
daimlerman wrote:There's only the two brass nuts
one each directly behind fuel/temp gauges.
And they both should be tight.
Re: Brass nut for petrol guage earth in instruments panel
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:41 pm
by Grrrmachine
Re: Brass nut for petrol guage earth in instruments panel
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 4:28 pm
by bpowell555
Hmm nipped them up and fixed it for about 2 minutes, then a wobble then full blown craziness once again.
Does this mean there something loose in the box, dry solder?
Cheers
Re: Brass nut for petrol guage earth in instruments panel
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 4:33 pm
by bpowell555
By the way, what a fookin joy it is working on this car
The thumbscrews a nicely milled chunk of aluminium, all held in with a few screws, clocks out in about 5 minutes
Re: Brass nut for petrol guage earth in instruments panel
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:03 pm
by lowey
It is worth soldering the 2 joints that hold the resistor in place for the brake warning light - I did mine yesterday after a cluster swap, the old and the replacement were both fooked
...And now working spot on. Do a quick search for the location of the dry joints - they are over by the temp gauge.