peter8315

Active Member

• Mar 19, 2015

• #1

just about finished another project and fuel gauge was working great, then it just goes right to full when ignition switched on, i have tried disconnecting the tank connection but still goes over the onle thing i can think of is the voltage stabliser, now i no its situated behind the fuel gauge on a series three , but on a two can't find it,anybod know were it lives, its a 1962 series 2,

 

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CalumM

Active Member

• Mar 19, 2015

• #2

So the gauge is reading over full even when the tank connection is unplugged? Must a short somewhere.

Edit: I mean I would think that the wire running from the gauge to the tank is shorting. Maybe the wire has split or broken completely.

 

Last edited: Mar 19, 2015

peter8315

Active Member

• Apr 14, 2015

• #3

still got same problem, gauge going straight to full even when tank disconnected, as per my first thread, does anybody know were the voltage stabliser is situated on a 1962 series 2?

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Apr 14, 2015

• #4

peter8315 said:

still got same problem, gauge going straight to full even when tank disconnected, as per my first thread, does anybody know were the voltage stabliser is situated on a 1962 series 2?

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you could follow the wires from the gauge

 

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Events Planner

• Apr 14, 2015

• #5

it would affect the whole dash as well, so temp gauge would be off as well. i'd be checking my earths are alright and then follow the wires for a short

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Apr 14, 2015

• #6

its not an earth issue its a short or too high a voltage

 

peter8315

Active Member

• Apr 14, 2015

• #7

yes James, thats why i was looking for the voltage stabliser, its the only thing thats left but i can't find it

 

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CalumM

Active Member

• Apr 14, 2015

• #8

Did you look for a short? You could try running a wire straight from the gauge to the tank and see if the gauge works then. The existing wire could be awkward to check in-situ as it's in some hidden bits.

 

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Events Planner

• Apr 14, 2015

• #9

jamesmartin said:

its not an earth issue its a short or too high a voltage

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i'm thinking if an earth goes bad, then the current takes the path of least resistance and can end up going through the gauges. like how it does on the defender.

 

peter8315

Active Member

• Apr 14, 2015

• #10

i am pretty sure its the stabliser, (that i cant find ), i am going to run a new feed through another stableiser i have got to the gauge, at least that will eliminate that

 

Blackburn

Well-Known Member

• Apr 15, 2015

• #11

Did not think a series 2 had a voltage stabiliser!
Different style of gauge.

 

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CalumM

Active Member

• Apr 15, 2015

• #12

Oh that is a thought actually. There are two kinds of gauges. One of them creeps up towards its final value when you turn on the ignition, the other will instantly spring there.

The creeping one I guess doesn't need the regulator because any blips in voltage would take a while to move it anyway. Which kind have you got TC?

 

peter8315

Active Member

• Apr 15, 2015

• #13

ok, so no stableiser on the series 2, so its coming back to the wire from the tank sender probably trapped and going straight to earth, ill check that out tomorrow, but thanks for your input everybody

 

peter8315

Active Member

• Apr 22, 2015

• #14

Ok it's not the wire from the tank, if I touch the feed wire to the appropriate connection on back of gauge the needle shoots straight over to full, even with no wire connected to the other connection