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Author:  gafmo [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:04 pm ]
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Hi people's

Any one know if you can ajust a MK1 Fuel Gauge. I have read some where that you can but I can't find the paper work :cry: It also had informtion about a Clubman dash. Sue and Morris keep running out of petrol at 1/4.
I know I can bend the Sender pole and may do this if I dont another idea
Cheers
Author:  drmini in aust [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:08 pm ]
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More likely the sender is bent than the gauge needs adjustment. Gauge either works or...not.
If you must tinker, there's a little screw in back of the gauge, according to DK Lawson on MiniPortal.. :wink:

Could also be the Voltage stabilizer is shafted....
Author:  Lillee [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:18 pm ]
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hey my gauge sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Is that the voltage stabilizer too?
Author:  drmini in aust [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:25 pm ]
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More likely the sender, or a loose wire. If the Temp gauge is OK it's not the V stabilizer.
Author:  gafmo [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:25 pm ]
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Voltage stabalizer I don't think I have one. I believe its a big black box and I have not seen one on Morris or Marcia for that matter
Author:  drmini in aust [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:27 pm ]
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You're thinking of the voltage regulator.
Stabilizer is a little tiny box behind speedo, 3 wires.
Author:  gafmo [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:38 pm ]
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Any idea's on how to test the stabalizer or just swop it with anotherone that may also be stuffed
Author:  drmini in aust [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:36 pm ]
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Put a V meter from ground to output when ign is on, motor running, should read 10V. If it reads 12V+ or 0, it's stuffed.. :lol:
Author:  gafmo [ Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:22 pm ]
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Sorry to be a rite pain where there are three points on it :?:
Author:  drmini in aust [ Wed Aug 25, 2004 9:04 am ]
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I'll check it on the weekend.
If you want, check V between ground (black wire on back of speedo) and the green/black? wire that goes down from stabilizer to fuel gauge.
Basically the stabilizer provides a 10V output to the temp and fuel gauges, except on real early 850s etc that had the `quick' fuel gauge.
Author:  Wombat [ Wed Aug 25, 2004 9:16 am ]
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If you need to replace it send me $2 in stamps and I'll send you an electronic one.

PM me for address
Author:  Gareth_1330 [ Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:00 pm ]
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Heres a wierd one, my temp guage, which i bougt new from minispares UK not that long ago does wierd things, WHen the car warms up and is being driven it reads of the richter, when i pull up at the lights the needle quickly settles to about the middle of the guage.... My Fuel guage is intermitant too (also newish), Ivan has an old Smiths guage tester, you pull the wires of the sender and plug them into it, It has three settings you can set it too, empty, half and full, My guage worked fine on that, so the intermitance is most be in my sender unit.... I tried to do the test when the guage wasn't working, but when i plugged it back up after it was working, so i dont know if i achieved anything :x

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Author:  drmini in aust [ Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:11 pm ]
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Gareth, check the volts going to the temp gauge. If over 10V it will read high.
When the stabilizer dies it often fuses the contacts, so you get battery voltage thru it, up to 14.3V or so.

Same thing will happen if you don't have a stabilizer... :wink:
Author:  gafmo [ Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:28 pm ]
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David I will take you up on that one. Pm me your address and Ill send it to you
Thanks Mate I know Ill need on for Marcia no Dash at the moment By chance you dont have two do you just in case Morris's one is stuffed
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