Sounds like a short in the electrical.
- posted
18 years ago
Sounds like a short in the electrical.
would the dash voltage regulator be part of the instrument cluster? I?m not sure what a dodgy earth is. The warning lights work normally. The two instrument light bulbs appear to be burned out and I plan to replace them. The other insturment lights, radio etc. work fine and the back lights for the digital odometer and clock are working.
When I had similar trouble with my Mk3 gauges display (tachometer 'kicking' and MFA misbehaving) I eventually removed the instrument panel from the car and partially dismantled it enough to view the printed circuit board (no unsoldering). I discovered some dirt/debris floating around the display and computer chips' pins - probably accumulated dust - vacuumed it all out, and reinstalled the whole 'shebbang'. Problems solved - it's been several years since I did the fix. Good luck
-Roy- (Surrey, England)
A friends car did that. Was cheap sparkplug cables.
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