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#732254 03/22/2011 8:57 PM
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I was wondering if anyone else had this issue. For some unknown reason, whenever I turn on either the park lights or headlights, the fuel gauge reading instantly drops by about 1/4 tank. My alternator compensates well for the lights as my voltage drops very little when turning them on. It's not a serious problem but I'm just mostly curious as to why this might be happening?

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Bad ground. Ground your dash panel to body and body to frame with some copper wire with clips. See what happens.


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beltfed #732327 03/23/2011 12:32 AM
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Yep.


"It's just a phase. He'll grow out of it." Mama, 1964

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Thanks! I'll get right on that.


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