guages on 68 mustang

I notice that my fuel,oil, temp guages stop working. What is the main
source of harness responsible for those guages. Could it not be
grounded correctly.

On 10 Sep 2006 13:36:44 -0700, "rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang"
> wrote:

>I notice that my fuel,oil, temp guages stop working. What is the main
>source of harness responsible for those guages. Could it not be
>grounded correctly.

Quite possibly the resistor on the back of the gauge cluster on a
65/66... could be the same thing since all your gauges have stopped
working.
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Assuming you haven't made changes or have been working in the area, the
first thing I would do is to replace the constant voltage regulator at the
back of the instrument panel.

"rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>I notice that my fuel,oil, temp guages stop working. What is the main
> source of harness responsible for those guages. Could it not be
> grounded correctly.
>

"rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>I notice that my fuel,oil, temp guages stop working. What is the main
> source of harness responsible for those guages. Could it not be
> grounded correctly.

The commonality with these three gauges is the instrument 5 volt voltage
regulator which is located on the back of the instrument panel.

Good tech article on the subject:
http://www.mustangandfords.com/techarticles/75259/

Hi, The problem is that the cardboard "holders" on the back of the
gage, have aged and weakened, allowing one of the gages to move. Then
one of the elect term posts touches the housing, it grounds and shorts
it out. FIX: Remove the gage cluster. Carefully remove the CB board
and look at the gages, see two posts on each? At each side of the gage
cardboard, there is a little tab that locks it to the housing, to hold
it. What I did, was made a tracing of the cardboard and made a
duplicate out of approx 1/16 inch plastic. I actually used a piece of
plastic from when I added the leaf gutter guard to my house. It is
hard but easy to work with and it does the job just fine. you cut the
tracing and copy it to the plastic using a pencil. Then use scissors
and razor blade to cut the plastic to the shape. Use a drill to cut
the holes for the elect posts. Then check the fit. Be sure to make it
accurate and include the two tabs on each side of the gage, that locks
it into the housing. THIS IS what moves and allows posts to contact
the housing. It sounds hard, but it is easy. I did the same on my
69 mustang, me and an engineer at honda figured it out

This is the fix ! Do NOT buy a new circuit board or CVR until you try
this. Stan



rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang wrote:
> I notice that my fuel,oil, temp guages stop working. What is the main
> source of harness responsible for those guages. Could it not be
> grounded correctly.