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Subject:Re: 84-Fuel Gage
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 17 Apr 2000 15:33:39 -0400

At 15:23 4/17/2000, Roch Cole wrote:
>84 -Westafalia  I  previously wrote about my temp gauge no longer going to
>1/2 way mark...now it always go to 1/4 mark even when I drive for awhile.  I
>just noticed that my fuel gage seems to be incorrect.  Could these two items
>be related?  Someone suggested I needed a thermostat but am now wondering
>about a relation to fuel gage.

Sounds like your panel voltage regulator, or could be a bad ground.  Should
see 10v +/- 0.5v at the output of the regulator and the input of the gauges.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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