[Tigers] Fuel guage and instrument stabilizer

[Theo Smit]

Gauges reading apparently ok at the top of the scale and then dropping rapidly
are consistent with them being supplied with 12 volts. This can happen if the
instrument stabilizer gets stuck 'on' or if the stabilizer is un-grounded. I
found mine screwed to the back of the wooden dashboard...

It does sound like your stabilizer should be checked at least...

Cheers,
Theo



On 2012-07-28, at 3:54 PM, Rollright at aol.com wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I had a fuel gauge that read pretty well in the top 2/3 of its range, but
> then droped like a stone. Tod Brown sent me another one so I could swap it
> out.  In doing so, I now have lost reading on either fuel gauge as well as
> the  temperature gauge. Wipers and tack work, so its not the fuse.
>
>    A couple of times during fuel gauge install, and  re-install, and
> re-re-install, both of the fuel gauges pegged all the way to the  right. Not
> correct as both had indicated before the dual problems of pegging and
deadness
> about 4 gallons.
>
> Maybe I fried the instrument stabilizer?  Where the hell is that  little
> devil? I know its behind the dash but where? WS manual doesn't say; only
says
> behind the dash.
>
> How come whenever you try and improve something that is working pretty
> well, but not perfectly, you end up making it worse?  HEL  P!   Wires are
> hanging out of the dash....
>
> Jim  Armstrong
> Mk 1A
> 382002083
> LRXFE
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