rowlund
7th October 2012, 12:03 PM
Hi All!
I recently purchased a 2002 GU Body 4.5 liter petrol Patrol. The vehicle was well taken care of by the previous owner, no scratches or dings, and only 78k on the odometer. I really have no complaint about the vehicle outside of the dash instruments. The thing is, sometimes they don't work. I would be motoring on the highway and suddenly my tachometer would fall to 0rpm, my speedometer would either fall to 0 as well or get stuck on a certain speed even if I am going faster, the lcd on odometer would go out, my fuel gauge would suddenly either read empty or full, despite the petrol being somewhere in between. The interesting thing is though, all i have to do is give it a nice tap or flick of the finger and everything goes back to as it should. I consulted the previous owner and he mentioned that this started to happen after he had the dash bulbs changed out. I had been thinking if this was a case of a bad job in returning the dash wiring to what it had been and can be easily fixed by making sure all attachments are fit right, a screwed up job where they broke something while changing the lights, or a symptom of something deeper that even changing the whole dash instrumentation might fix.
Given the work it entails, I though I might get your feedback and experience why this could be happening before I have it fixed to make sure I bring it to the proper garage that can solve the problem. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated
I recently purchased a 2002 GU Body 4.5 liter petrol Patrol. The vehicle was well taken care of by the previous owner, no scratches or dings, and only 78k on the odometer. I really have no complaint about the vehicle outside of the dash instruments. The thing is, sometimes they don't work. I would be motoring on the highway and suddenly my tachometer would fall to 0rpm, my speedometer would either fall to 0 as well or get stuck on a certain speed even if I am going faster, the lcd on odometer would go out, my fuel gauge would suddenly either read empty or full, despite the petrol being somewhere in between. The interesting thing is though, all i have to do is give it a nice tap or flick of the finger and everything goes back to as it should. I consulted the previous owner and he mentioned that this started to happen after he had the dash bulbs changed out. I had been thinking if this was a case of a bad job in returning the dash wiring to what it had been and can be easily fixed by making sure all attachments are fit right, a screwed up job where they broke something while changing the lights, or a symptom of something deeper that even changing the whole dash instrumentation might fix.
Given the work it entails, I though I might get your feedback and experience why this could be happening before I have it fixed to make sure I bring it to the proper garage that can solve the problem. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated