Try thumping on top of the dash cluster and see if the needle moves up to where you think it should be.

Mine is sticking, it’s a borrowed cluster while I get my foil in order. Don’t know if the needle is catching on anything or it’s an internal stickiness in the bimetallic etc arrangement.

But a thump on the dash works

Alistair 

> On Jan 3, 2021, at 8:26 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote:
> 
> Vannuts,
> 2021 seems to be a continuation of 2020, which, if you've been paying attention, was not the best year of all time.
> I was coming home with the van [87 syncro westfakia, TDI} after having the speedo cable replaced. Cable quiet...Hooray. Gas gauge quit...not hooray. Next day gauge worked fine.
> 
> I understand that a bad tank sensor can do this. I don't want to contemplate that unless I have to. In which case it's not getting replaced. Pulling the engine, tranny, and tank to replace the sensor means $1000 + to replace a $100 +/- part.
> So is there anything else I can look for that would be intermittent?
> Mike, damn van tired of continuing repairs and not being able to go anywhere!