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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 09:40 AM
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Started out changing my fuel gauge on a 1978 vette because it was not working.After installing new fuel gauge oil gauge, fuel gauge and voltage meter are not working now . I found a break in printed circuit board which was probably why fuel gauge was not working to begin with .Fuse is good my question is could circuit board be my whole problem after all voltage and oil gauge were working.Also would like to change out low fuel circuit borad because it has a burn spot on it but can not find it. Can anybody help ? Thanks
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 09:51 AM
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Change your 2 boards and that will eliminate alot of problems. I did this and it was well worth the money. Also make sure your plug contacts are clean and bright before pluging into you new boards. Any tarnish could cause a problem so I like to clean the tarnish off at the contacts.
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Originally Posted by antongonza
Started out changing my fuel gauge on a 1978 vette because it was not working.After installing new fuel gauge oil gauge, fuel gauge and voltage meter are not working now . I found a break in printed circuit board which was probably why fuel gauge was not working to begin with .Fuse is good my question is could circuit board be my whole problem after all voltage and oil gauge were working.Also would like to change out low fuel circuit borad because it has a burn spot on it but can not find it. Can anybody help ? Thanks


Did you put all the insulators back in the right places?

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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 12:26 PM
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The only gauge i removed was fuel gauge which came with own insulator. Does low fuel warnig module prevent fuel gauge from working?
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by antongonza
The only gauge i removed was fuel gauge which came with own insulator. Does low fuel warnig module prevent fuel gauge from working?
It monitors the voltage for it's trigger point, if the board is shorted out, the fuel gage won't work.
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