Re: E Body Rallye Dash Guages Not Working? Bad Ground?
[Re: JDMopar]
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06/21/09 12:15 PM
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Thanks for the info guys.I just checked and the dash/guage lights do not work also.Headlights,radio,turn signal,etc all work.Does this narrow it down at all?I did install a new electronic guage voltage limiter from Real Time engineers.And yes,it is a recent,well 8 years in the making,restoration but fired it up for the first time yesterday.
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Re: E Body Rallye Dash Guages Not Working? Bad Ground?
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06/23/09 09:42 PM
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OK,finally got a chance to check on some things and like an idiot I never checked the 20 Amp instument fuse which was blown.Install new fuse,clock starts up,map light works,light over the switch panel comes on,etc (A01 light pak car)..but when I go and turn on the headlights,the fuse blows.Any ideas.Thanks
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Re: E Body Rallye Dash Guages Not Working? Bad Ground?
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07/06/09 11:12 PM
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Well I removed the A01 harness for now just to eliminate that from the mix.Still no guages.I did install one of RealTime Engineers electronic voltage regulators before I reinstalled the dash earlier this year.Could it be I may have got a bad one or anybody else have any problems with these?The dash light bar works as does the panel dimmer.Also,what are the correct colored wires the radio plugs into?I think I may have had that plug in wrong also,but it did work and play just that it stayed on until I removed the key from the ignition.And yes,I can't follow a wire diagram worth a damn.Thanks for any help!!
There is a two wire connector for radio power. The red wire powers the radio and should be switched 12 volts. The orange wire is the dial lamp feed and it goes through the dimmer switch to 12 volts and varies as the switch is adjusted. Craig
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Re: E Body Rallye Dash Guages Not Working? Bad Ground?
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07/09/09 06:14 PM
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Hi Jim, I just ran aross this thread and figured I'd throw in my ...Yes, with the key on you should have current through the instrument circuit...Also...On the three gauges in question..The ground is through their own sending units...If I'm reading this right and you say you have no current to the voltage limiter then you need to trace down the break{or short} in the instrument circuit and go from there...Another thought... ...Does'nt the RTE limiter have a light that turns on and possibly blinks if the cirucit or unit is faulty ????
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Re: E Body Rallye Dash Guages Not Working? Bad Ground?
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07/13/09 10:33 PM
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Where does the power for the limiter come from??
It is fed with a 20 gauge Black wire that goes to a splice and connector for the air conditioner control. It is fed by a 16 gauge Tan wire that goes to cavity 6 which is the second one from the top on the switched accessory side.
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Re: E Body Rallye Dash Guages Not Working? Bad Ground?
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07/16/09 10:25 PM
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Well, never had to do that before but I guess to the screw holding down the radio noise suppression capacitor that attaches to the 5 Volt regulator. Then take it to a frame ground somewhere. I am not thinking this is the problem though.
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