The sender unit in the fuel tank is ef'd in my bet.

are the executive and calais speedo and trip meter mechanicals the same?

anyone?

Most common problem is going to be dry solder joints, as deadlyvl points out if you don't want to try it yourself most instrument fitters will fix it for you, got my speedo fixed , new plastic gear fitted to odometer and all guauges recalibrated and resoldered for under a hundred dollars, well worth the time and hastle, only took a day to do, hope this helps guys.

For you to get to the inside part of the PCB on the dash cluster, I un did all the screws in the back of the cluster, and went to lift off the PCB and there is these tiny pop rivit looking things holding it onto the cluster, as I want to run that bit of hookup wire like; Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

That little round thing around the stud is a nut, unscrew it. Make sure it's done up tight when doing it back up too, as it provides the ground to whichever gauge is behind it. The stud is actually part of the gauge.

How do you un-screw it, it doesnt have a nut thing or anything to put a flat/phillips head onto it? Or is the nut on the other side of the PCB?

use some pliers

Yeah, I think it's in the shadow in the pic, but there should be a slot either side of the post, just use pliers to unscrew it, unless it's been put on upside down, then just grab it around the side. Doesn't relly matter if you mess it up a little, as long as it can screw back down.

My fuel gauge works fine.. but only like 60% of the time, i didnt go to all the trouble of soldering it, i just did the trick from the first post and its been working 100% now. Quote: Originally Posted by Waughy Yeah, I think it's in the shadow in the pic, but there should be a slot either side of the post, just use pliers to unscrew it, unless it's been put on upside down, then just grab it around the side. Doesn't relly matter if you mess it up a little, as long as it can screw back down. i just used a small flat blade on it and got it off quite easily. but yeah make sure you do it up tight again, silly me did em back up hand tight and the oil and volt gauges didnt work lol so had to pull it out and tighten it lol

can we just get away with moving the instrument cluster surroundings or do we have to pull the whole dash apart to remove the instrument cluster? Also in the pic below l get this illumination most of the time, l am not sure if its suppose to be low in coolant sign or low in water for wiper wash? cheers

ok guys fixed the fuel gauge problem, but now the oil pressure stays on "5", how do l fix that? cheers

Quote: Originally Posted by BluVLCT ok guys fixed the fuel gauge problem, but now the oil pressure stays on "5", how do l fix that? cheers bump.

Quote: Originally Posted by BluVLCT ok guys fixed the fuel gauge problem, but now the oil pressure stays on "5", how do l fix that? cheers anyone??

done this, and it worke,d thanks.. 2 years with no fuel guage Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by FRKVLT [View Post] can we just get away with moving the instrument cluster surroundings or do we have to pull the whole dash apart to remove the instrument cluster? Also in the pic below l get this illumination most of the time, l am not sure if its suppose to be low in coolant sign or low in water for wiper wash? cheers Low Coolant. I had that light come on quite often in my old calais (only calais have that warning light). but always had enough coolant so the sensor was probably dirty or something. I never got round to looking at it before I sold it though. With regards to your Oil Pressure gauge, did you do up that nut tightly? I've just read all through this thread and that seems to be a common problem once people have fixed their fuel guage, they forget to do up that nut properly. cheers

I'm going to try this, i hope it works, it has a new sender unit in it, but my fuel gauge reads empy all the time. Sometimes i will see it work, if the car is not moving at all, just at idle, but the second the car moves, gauge stops working, and my oil pressure gauge works before the motor even starts, time for a new oil pressure switch i think. Will VL Nicks way work on all VL dash clusters ?

Quote: Originally Posted by FRKVLT [View Post] ok guys fixed the fuel gauge problem, but now the oil pressure stays on "5", how do l fix that? cheers The oil pressure gauge reads maximum if the sensor is not plugged in. Check your wiring and make sure all the plugs are in properly.

tried vl_nicks idea of soldering the botls, worked for 10 seconds and then nothing at all again. any tips ? should i try tighting the bolts ?

just check the soler connections to make sure they are good and make sure everything is done up tightly when you put it back together. it seems a lot more problems occur after people perform this mod, due to not putting the cluster back together tightly. I did it myself as well.