Weird ghost in the dash instruments after rebuild

[BigRAWesty]

Well the car is back together and working.. Nearly almost 100%...

The dash cluster is doing something weird.
The Fuel gauge is sitting at 3/4 full with maybe 5 liters in the tank, and volts, oil pressure and temp are off the top.
Speedo responds to speed changes so is working in my eyes, but tachometer is slightly high, showing 1200rpm at
Idle..

It was working fine before the strip down, and no wiring was fiddled with while doing the insulation install so unsure where to start..

I have pulled the cluster out again to ensure all plugged in correctly and they are, so any suggestions as to where from here??

[TPC]

Is t possible that it had a separate earth wire that you have missed connecting back up.

[threedogs]

yeah sounds like an earth issue for sure, spray all connectors with some CRC or similar.
Don't think its a big problem just a frustrating one

[Yendor]

What is the voltage reading across the back of the alternator with the engine running?

[BigRAWesty]

Um, yea.
Don't have a multi meter. Think the father in-law has one.
Batteries were flat last night and Its been in charge all day.

[lhurley]

Um, yea.
Don't have a multi meter. Think the father in-law has one.
Batteries were flat last night and Its been in charge all day.

Go to jaycar. You can get a decent multi meter for $30. they have cheaper options too.

[TPC]

Go to jaycar. You can get a decent multi meter for $30. they have cheaper options too.

Agree, everybody should have a multimeter as part of their toolkit.

[megatexture]

may as well get a good one with clamp on multimeter for reading amps .. comes in handy

[macca]

Didn't Cuppa have this problem, maybe not so bad. Has he fixed it yet?

In this thread
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...100#post453100

[megatexture]

Yea but cuppa didn’t pull his apart and not know how to put it back together again lol

Kallen You said the batteries were flat? That prob would do it everything plays up on a dud battery