I had the same problem with my 64' and what I found that fixed it was replacing the wire between the units. Somewhere there was a break in the wire and as soon as it was done, I had smoke in the wire again and no more problems with the gauge. Hope you get yours taken care of and find what it takes to get it going again.
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