steelheart

Got some glow gauges for my 35th last week. Was pretty excited bout them being that they were from the wife who's still a bit irate about the car purchase last month............lol.

Anyway, i installed them and unfortunately screwed up my gauge readings pretty bad. Called the local Mazda dealer to see bout recalibrating them and both the 1 in Biloxi and the 1 in Pensacola won't touch it . They will however sell me new gauges for an ungodly amount of money, but honestly i really don't have 1k+ atm to replace them

So i feel i'm down to 3 options (maybe you all can find more).............

Option 1 - Recalibrate them myself. No idea how to do this.

Option 2 - Find someone who specializes in this type of calibration. Neither Mazda dealer had a clue where to get this done.

Option 3 - Scrap the needle gauges and go with possibly a digital set. Once again i'd have no idea how to install these, but they are a shade cheaper than my other option.


Any input would be more than welcome and appreciated. Lord knows i got a lot to learn still, but least now i know the correct way i should've installed the ones i messed up now....lol.

vel525

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Did you screw them all up or just certain ones? There's a couple threads about how to recalibrate gauges. Don't have time to search for you. But I would search some more before buying a new one. As long as they are not broken you should be able to recalibrate them. Good luck. If you did break them, you can always buy a used one from the for sale section.

Xeros

There was actually a thread for recalibarting around here. It was a very useful one. Search indiglo gauges. It shoudl come up amungst all the flamming

adam c

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Option 4: Reinstall the OEM gauges, and get rid of the stupid glow gauges*

*Note option 4 may result in pissing off the wife even more. Use option 4 at your own risk

jic

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GoRacer

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There aren't any speedometer shops where you live? if not, there are used gauges clusters now and then in the for sale section.

GoodfellaFD3S

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She should have gotten you a nice downpipe or aluminum ast. Doesn't your wife read the archives ?

CantGoStraight

Your mistake was most likely in the install as your supposed to pull the pin out and see where the needle comes to rest, put some sort of mark wher you can reinstall the needle on the post so it comes to rest on the mark, then move the needle up past wher the post would be and reinstall the post, your readings would then be as close to factory as you can get, my guess is your readings are some what higher than normal ?

BOTTLEFED

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These gauges are extremely sensive to being taken apart.
As far as the oil press gauge, don't worry about it; it never works right anyhow.
For the fuel level gauge, just fill up the tank, take the needle off and put it back on pointing to the full mark.
For the coolant temp gauge do a search for "linearize gauge" and follow the instructions; your gauge will be much better than before.
The tach and speedo are much more problematic. If, as stated above, the pin came out with the needle, the gauge may never work right. But if the pin stayed in the gauge when you pulled the needle, just turn the ign to ON and set the needles to 0 position. Then start it and drive to see how close the readings are. Adjust as needed.
You can do this by installing the gauge cluster without the hood and leave off the clear gauge cover so you can get to the needles.

BOTTLEFED

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BTW, I cannot guarantee this will work
I have only done this 3times and it worked once
but it can't get any worse than it already is, right?

nashman69g

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If your willing to come to New Orleans area I could help you out or:

Freddie Hebert
owner of Thibodaux, LA's Meineke Car Care
Specializes in all generation Rotaries as well!
Freddie specializes in High performance modifications, Suspension work, Highly customized fabrications and routine service repairs.

Contact Freddie at :
(shop) 985-493-9951
(cell) 985-856-0916


Marshall