[V8] Re: Cluster

[Huw Powell]

> Yes, Paul forgot about that - it also signals the seat belt warning light
> just like yours.   Although most of you will cringe - I can get the gauges
> to work back on by applying a little whap to the area on top of the dash -
> sometimes it works other times not.
> 
> But this voltage resistor according to my mecahnic provides a voltage drop -
> I'm sure Huw, Bruce could enlighten us on the specifics.

> > I am one of those that has a V8 with coolant and fuel gauges that
> > intermittently
> > go "squirrelly", i.e. dead. 

I'm not V8 savvy, but on all the Audis I've ruined, the foolant and cuel
gauges are both run off a regulated 10 volts - the regulator is a three
pin device usually attached discretely on the back of the circuit board,
and could very easily have bad solder joints on its legs.

-- 
Huw Powell

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