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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 09:57 AM
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Fuel Guage Problem

ok so last night i installed some glow guages. everything went back together great and everything works as it did before, except my fuel guage.

I had to move all the needles just a bit to slide the guage faces on. after the install all the guage needles work just as they did, so im not sure what i did wrong.

The fuel guage needle should be a little under half way, thats where it was when i changed it, if you look at the picture you can see it sits a little above E and it doesnt matter if the car is on or off

I was wondering if there is a way to re-calibrate or reset the fuel guage, also will my low fuel light still come one despite the guage not working anymore? if it does still work i guess i could deal with not having a working guage

but a lighter note the guages look nice, i think

heres a pic

http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/427ef...Y03ODBio9o5dlV

and if that doesnt work

http://photos.yahoo.com/tournapart

click on the glow guages album, there are two pics, one on and one off

thanks in advance
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 11:50 AM
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the same thing happened to me when I cahnged mine. my solution was to physically move the needles to the correct postition.

it seems like a bit of a friction fit for them, so jsut tweak them whichever way you wan by turn them all the way left or right and then pushing a little bit mroe to make it budge.

I imagine the needle is going below the E when you turn the car off too, right?
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 09:33 PM
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nope

but after i drove to work and back it seems to be dropping a little, so im guessing i just threw the guage off alot, i guess ill just fill it up and point the needle to the F

thanks
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 10:35 AM
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i also didnt notice that the guages are kinda sagging a bit, so when i take the cluster out again to fix the needle i guess ill seat the guages better too
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 11:05 PM
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the guage sort of works, and the low fuel light still comes one so im not worried about it, plus the gas guage drops slower so its almost like a i get good gas mileage, except for when its at 1/8th of a tank and the fuel light comes on, lol
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