lol.... the needle moves around a bit, but it always goes back to normal ... driven the car for about an hour now, still hasnt turned off once... cant thank you enough lol... it sh!tted me so bad when it turned off all the time

yeah, im stoked i fixed mine dont have to hit the dash anymore to find out how much petrol i have

champion, this worked a treat! VL_Nick: i had the same problem as you (the fuel guage will work/not work reguardless if its under 1/4 tank) but this seamed to work fine. i fixed it as i had hardly any fuel, then went to fill up, worked no worries.

Good job guys. Fixed my problem no worries. Thanks

i tried the original posters way and had no luck.. decided to try this way and now it works perfectly.. only 45 mins work and now i wont run out of petrol in the middle of nowhere anymore thx Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

You do realise that if you put S2 inserts in a S1 dash that when your speedo reads 100 your only doing 80 dont you? S1 and S2 tacho's have a different sweep and hence have differently spaced markings.

my guage didn't work at all, so i ripped out the cluster and added the extra wire bypassing the PCB and soldered the back and all works beatifully now. a big thanks to VL_RB25DE and VL_Nick for the help cheers

my fuel gauge works but if i take a coner hard it stops and i have to take a coner hard agin to get it back and i have changed the fuel sender any idears

Quote: Originally Posted by SLYTOY my fuel gauge works but if i take a coner hard it stops and i have to take a coner hard agin to get it back and i have changed the fuel sender any idears maybe the gauge is faulty and jams when you go around a corner, or a loosw wire

my fuel guage gets stuck on full when the car is on and wont move?? will the above work?

no sorry mate it wont work coz if its stuck on full then the sender in ur tank is stuffed thats just a guess tho

Quote: Originally Posted by deadlyvl had the same prob with ours. pulled the pcb off and reflowed the soldered joints as they had gone dry. found they were all cracked around the pins. reflowed em all fuel guage now works perfect and am actually getting a spped sensor signal so the box is now working properly too. good result for an hours work! Did this fix your overdrive on your auto gearbox, is that what you mean when you say "the box is now working properly too"?? My brother is having problems with his overdrive working intermediately, so hence we think it electrical. And this may be the fix as its not reviecing any speed signal??

Stuff all that, this is another alternative without having to remove the dash or cluster took me about 30 minutes to drill hole and wiring, works very good. I filled the tank up to the max (3 clicks on the bowser), and travelled 55km, the gauge reads 3/4 & a half, which is very accurate, because my car gets 400km to a tank (I tried it and my car died at 410km) although this option does come at a cost of having to purchase a new gauge, which I got on eBay for a decent price. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

but looks ugly

I done the rewire trick and it works perfect now. Thanks guys. Now my misses won't run out of fuel anymore. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

by this 1/4 tank thing do you guys mean it runs out not long after it goes under the 1/4 if so thats what mine does it runs out about half was between 1/4 and empty as the wife found out the other day lol... will either of these methods fix this or is it my sender?

no this is when the gauge just drops out and you have to bash it to get it to work again sounds to me like the sender unit in the tank is stuffed or even the gauge it self.

My guage reads 1/4 of a tank when its empty, is this a fuel gauge problem or sender unit issue, any ideas would be great. cheers

Cheers VL_RB25DE, another success story here. (Although i think i didn't do up that round shaped bolt on the back of the PCB hard enough. Becasue now my Oil Gauge ain't working at all when it did work. Hehe)

I did the external wire trick on mine today, didnt seem to make any difference but I guess there was nothing wrong with it to start with. At least it wont stuff up on me now!