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| | | | Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 40 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 40 | I just replaced my headlight switch and it all seems to work, but it has caused a very strange problem. About 1/4 of the way through the knobs rotation it makes my fuel gauge read full. It stays that way until I either turn the headlights off or rotate the knob back around. Any ideas? | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
Seems like your "hot" lead to the fuel gauge is attached to dash-lights-lead on your light switch?
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 40 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 40 | Oh boy. I've got a wiring diagram around here somewhere. Time to start tracing that hot lead I guess | | | | | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 159 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 159 | I'd be tempted to leave it that way. Then if you ever run out of gas you can just turn on the lights. . .BINGO - full of fuel again!
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 40 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 40 | Hmm. It seems I may have some more serious wiring problems than I thought. When I first put the new switch in, it was working my dome light (main reason I put it in) Now after fiddling around and not really doing anything but tracing wiring it has stopped working my dome light, and now it's not messing up my fuel gauge anymore. It barely twitches when i rotate the knob. Someone was under the dash before I was, and who knows what problems he's created. | | |
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