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My needle on my temp gauge wasn't lighting up and I unscrewd my temp gauge to see where the bulb went. I was so stupid. I forgot I could just replace one of the bulbs on the back. Well I put it back and I replaced the right bulb. My cluster needles all light up but my temp gauge goes all the way to hot. Is there a way to fix it or do I have to get another temp/gas gauge. Its for my jdm eg cluster. Thanks

eg6style

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bump need help on fixing this problem

deschlong

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I'm going to guess you are having the same problem as me: when I screwed my coolant gauge back in, I tightened the screws up, but found that one of them (the ground screw - at the top) would spin freely. Turns out the screw holder was cracked (probably due to age), didn't hold the screw fast, letting it spin -- which tore the tiny hair-sized wire that grounds the sensor.

It's fixable, with a little ingenuity and some precision soldering work. Took me a few hours yesterday (AFTER I diagnosed the problem) to fix. I took a small piece of stiff tin (1-2mm thick), wedged it between the screw-holder contact and its plastic brace (you'll see when you look at it), bent it up, and VERY CAREFULLY soldered the connection with the tiny hair-sized wire emerging from the sensor. You barely have any room to work there. You need a very steady hand and lots of patience. But, it is fixable, AFAIK. I then used my tin snips to cut it to size so the metal cup that sits on top fit snugly again. Watch that your tin brace does not come in contact with the wrapped wires.

Good luck.

veightkiller