[TR] Fwd: [Wedge] temp guage moving when lights turned on

[Dave1massey at cs.com]

This came to me but I think it was intended for the list.  Dave
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Hey,
 IMHO the very first thing to do is R&R the motor grounds. If the car has the
original braided strap it really needs to be replaced. I put a new ground on
each side of the motor and this problem went away and the motor started
better.

CHEERS
John

John Taylor
Greenfield, Ma
Gloucester, Ma
USA.

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> From: Dave1massey at cs.com
> Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 16:10:06 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Wedge] temp guage moving when lights turned on
> To: tr8 at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
>
> In a message dated 7/3/2010 12:33:46 PM Central Daylight Time,
> dan at thecarringtons.net writes:
> > An additional enhancement for this problem, is to add another ground path
> >
> > to the flexi circuit board behind the gauges.  Find a place where you can
> > add a wire on the ground path of this circuit board, but remember, you
> > can't solder to it!  It will melt!  (Sorry, I don't remember where I put
> > my
> > ground wire....)
> >
> >
>
> One of the two screws for the volt meter is gound.  But the other one is
> +12 volts and grounding that one will only make things worse so take great
> care in selecting the proper screw.
>
> Dave
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