Volt guage looks fine
The fuel guage ???
Slide up under the car just near the right rear wheel and just in front of the fuel tank will be the fuel tank sender wiring clip into the main harness
Check that for broken wires ,maybe pull it apart blow it out a bit,check for any damage then put back together
The wire from the tank to this join can be tight and over time wires start to break
Hence why you have power sometimes then not other times
That would be the first place id look
MS29431 (26th January 2011)
Why mq-mk dash clusters short out and dont work
Thankyou to everyone that tried to point me in the right direction on this topic over the last week or so
Well here's the problem.... 3/4 small cluster gauges (oil press, water temp, fuel) were not reading accuratly they were fluctuating and therefore not giving any true readings.
The volt meter was still fine, I had the dash/cluster apart several times in the last 2-3 weeks checking for dry solder joints broken wires etc... found nothing.. sprayed contact cleaner in anything i could find it worked for 35- 40 mins then.... nothing.... so by now i was thinking the sender's must be stuffed from mud water etc (i had been shooting and mud bashing a fair bit recently) so i was thinking of buying after market mechanical gauges to solve it.... good idea but then i still have no diesel gauge and you want one of them to prevent having to bleed 'em when they catch you out with no fuel.... by this stage i was not happy and lost on what to do...
Then an old mate came 'round, and asked to have a look at the cluster pulled it apart and(for the 4th time in 6 day's) and after 'bout 40sec's he say's "Well There's Ya Problem Mikey".....I did'nt see 'em earlyer but there are little wire's behind the gauges that look like metal fishing line and they were all tangled which arc'ed out shorting 'em out and killing them... they then become throw away items....Great! so i went looking 'round wreakers and got one got it home only to find that the tacho and speedo did'nt work.... ha ha just my luck.. but after root'n around with cluster bit's all day i've finaly made 1 cluster out of 2 and along with an l.e.d. upgrade it works perfectly.... bit of a long story i know.... but its been a long day.
thanks to everyone for there help on this subject...
And a big thanks to cale from cale's mobile auto electrical for finding out what exactly was wrong..thanks old mate!.... Mike
I was just studying your pics. And I noticed Volt Meter:
Pic 1 Ignition off - no volts (correct)
Pic 2 Ignition on - approx 11V(little under charged)
Pic 3 Ignition Starting - voltage rising( should show drop at starting, due to draw on battery)
The rest look normal for driving.
Just an observation.
Tim
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MS29431 (29th January 2011)
Sorry about the blurry pics that show were the little wires that i was describing earlyer but you get the idea
Someone's Gotta Break 'Em... So It Might As Well Be Me!!.
Tim,
Wouldnt pic 2 IGN on
Be a little drop for the glow relay ???
Pic 3
Would be running , so looks fine
Finly Owner (1st February 2011), MS29431 (4th February 2011)
yeah that would explain it. cheers
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MS29431 (4th February 2011)
Thank's for all your feedback new cluster is working well as i've said i had no probs running aftermarket gauges for oil,temp and volt i just needed the fuel gauge to know how much diesel was in the tank, I had been counting kms and using a piece of welding wire also to dip into tank to see how much was in there... but now were back in the game!
also a thank you to Overland 4X4 wreakers in cambellfield i had to wait around for a bit but they gave me a discount for that
Mike
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