Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
I figured that it was time for another test drive in the Roadrunner. Everything seemed to have been working fine the other day in the garage except for the window top stops that I haven't gotten yet. When I fired it up the temperature gauge wasn't showing anything but I figured that was because the engine was cold. The gas gauge didn't move either. The other day it was showing 1/4 tank.
:banghead:
I continued on with the test drive and the car ran perfect. The needle on the temperature gauge gradually moved to the right as the motor warmed up. That was a relief but I'm still going to have to find out what's going on with that fuel gauge. I noticed that the needle on the amp gauge now seems to have a consistent bounce.
I jinxed myself when I reported that I had everything fixed. Either:
1)God hates me
2)Gremlins do exist
3)I'm an idiot
I could swear I heard hands going up as I typed option 3.
I was really looking forward to moving a different project into the shop. I should have totally dismantled that instrument cluster. My guess is that the posts on the back of the fuel gauge have enough corrosion on them to interfere with the signal from the tank. That cluster we had for the Charger was nasty. When we got it I'd cleaned up the surfaces but hadn't touched any of the electrical connections. Damn!
Enough already! Teresa, you can put your hand down now!!
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I figured that it was time for another test drive in the Roadrunner. Everything seemed to have been working fine the other day in the garage except for the window top stops that I haven't gotten yet. When I fired it up the temperature gauge wasn't showing anything but I figured that was because the engine was cold. The gas gauge didn't move either. The other day it was showing 1/4 tank.
:banghead:
I continued on with the test drive and the car ran perfect. The needle on the temperature gauge gradually moved to the right as the motor warmed up. That was a relief but I'm still going to have to find out what's going on with that fuel gauge. I noticed that the needle on the amp gauge now seems to have a consistent bounce.
I jinxed myself when I reported that I had everything fixed. Either:
1)God hates me
2)Gremlins do exist
3)I'm an idiot
I could swear I heard hands going up as I typed option 3.
I was really looking forward to moving a different project into the shop. I should have totally dismantled that instrument cluster. My guess is that the posts on the back of the fuel gauge have enough corrosion on them to interfere with the signal from the tank. That cluster we had for the Charger was nasty. When we got it I'd cleaned up the surfaces but hadn't touched any of the electrical connections. Damn!
Enough already! Teresa, you can put your hand down now!!
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