i was doing a guage cluster swap today, from a LS to GSR. everything works fine in the GSR one but the gasmeter. i have half tank of gas, so i just set the needle at the middle of the meter. but once i start the car, the needle start to goes down, and points E eventually...
any idea why is that? TIA


Modified by MaskedDC4 at 8:32 PM 6/24/2004

 

Wait, did you say you moved the needle? I may be an idiot when it comes to gauges, but I thought the rule of thumb is don't ever F with the needles. I thought it is electronic and will adjust it's self when you turn the car on.

On a side note, I knew a guy who removed his needles on his WRX to put white gauge face plates on. DOH! He had to buy a whole new cluster.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Wraith_G2IC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Wait, did you say you moved the needle? I may be an idiot when it comes to gauges, but I thought the rule of thumb is don't ever F with the needles. I thought it is electronic and will adjust it's self when you turn the car on.

On a side note, I knew a guy who removed his needles on his WRX to put white gauge face plates on. DOH! He had to buy a whole new cluster. </TD></TR></TABLE>

You are correct about not moving the needle on our gauges... EXCEPT:

You can move the fuel needle around...it doesn't matter as its suppose to move back to its original location once the fuel is sensored and sent back to the gauge positioning.

NRg

 

What year is your car, and what year did the doner cluster come from? You may have to switch the plastic film from the original cluster in order for everything to work properly, however it's also very possible that something is fucked up.

 

I had one like that. I took the needle off and spun it around about a million times and it works fine now.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NightRider-gsR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You are correct about not moving the needle on our gauges... EXCEPT:

You can move the fuel needle around...it doesn't matter as its suppose to move back to its original location once the fuel is sensored and sent back to the gauge positioning.

NRg</TD></TR></TABLE>

Good to know. But if it will move by itself then I would have a tendancy to keep my 10 thumbs off. Other than that, loose wire maybe. Why did the original cluster owner sell it? Could have been bad before you got it.

 

i didnt move other(3) needles but FUEL NEEDLE. like i said, others work fine..
my car is 99, and im not sure whats year is the GSR one, it has 140k km on it.( mine is 96k)

 

 

my fuel needle still does not working..
anyone?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kendall &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> switch the plastic film from the original cluster in order for everything to work properly</TD></TR></TABLE> use the white side of the cluster from the your LS and transfer the guages from the GSR to it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kendall &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> You may have to switch the plastic film from the original cluster in order for everything to work properly,.</TD></TR></TABLE>
i did switch the plastic film.
other things work good but the fuel needle, it doesnt move anymore

 

i swapped out the "motherboards" when I replaced my gsr with jdm itr