I think I broke it good...............

4 DOOR JUNKIE! said

I just finished doing some work on my turd when I thought, "I think I'll take it for a ride now". Well after about 5 min the volt gauge started jumping all over the place. I had removed the alternator, and replaced it earlier.....the wire that goes to the gauge from the alternator was melted to the manifold. OH S**T I thought. The guage now is toasted.

Is this a separate gauge in the dash, or is it all one unit? If it is separate, does anyone know where I can get a used/new one?

Thank you all :thumbup: !

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Fix the melted/shorted wire. The wire intermittently shorting will make the gauge jump around. The gauge may be just fine, that jumping is exactly what it should do if you are shorting the output of the alternator to the manifold.