<VV> LM Gas Gauge Inaccuracy

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 And it IS evil... >pinky to mouth< It must be eliminated...


 


John Roberts

 


 

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From: Jay Pitchford <jay.pitchford at gmail.com>
To: Harry Yarnell <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
Cc: jvhroberts at aol.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org; HallGrenn at aol.com
Sent: Sun, Sep 20, 2009 6:12 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> LM Gas Gauge Inaccuracy









Started to rain here. No more test drives tonight. Made a vodka tonic. Now properly fortified, will go out to garage and stare down evil red plastic thingy. Grrrrrrrrrr.


On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Harry  Yarnell <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net> wrote:


Dare I be the first to introduce the new fellow to the horrid red plastic thingy?

Late models have a terminal on the frame rail near the battery that connects the battery with the main red lead that powers the car.

It's a single stud imbedded in a RED plastic surround...



Harry Yarnell

Perryman garage and orphanage

Perryman, MD

hyarnell1 at earthlink.net

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Pitchford" <jay.pitchford at gmail.com>

To: <jvhroberts at aol.com>

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Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 5:31 PM





Subject: Re: <VV> LM Gas Gauge Inaccuracy













Thanks to everyone. I found the ground strap, snugged the screw. I'm not

certain whether/how well it's connected at the ground lug on the instrument

cluster. I like the idea of a dedicated ground wire from the lug to a good

chassis ground. Even if it doesn't turn out to be the root cause of all my

instrument evils, it's a smart move. I guess I need to pull the whole durn

dash out and do that.

Dare the newbie ask what the horrid red plastic thingy is? Or will I need to

brace myself with a vodka tonic first?



On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 4:36 PM, <jvhroberts at aol.com> wrote:











?That strap is a problem FAR more frequently than it should be. Worse than

the horrid red plastic thingy. <G>



Add a dedicated ground wire, from the dash ground to the chassis ground,

and never worry about it again! Make sure it's long enough to connect it

with the dash in or out.



?John Roberts





?-----Original Message-----

From: HallGrenn at aol.com

To: jay.pitchford at gmail.com

Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org

Sent: Sun, Sep 20, 2009 4:09 pm

Subject: Re: <VV> LM Gas Gauge Inaccuracy







In a message dated 9/20/2009 4:03:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

jay.pitchford at gmail.com writes:









Where do I find the grounding strap at?













Jay,







There is a flat strip that is hard against the plastic backing of the dash



that drops down from the back of the gauge cluster on the right side of the



?steering column to the first bottom dash screw to the right of the



steering ?column (the screw points up and is one of the ones that secures the



dash



to the ?dash frame).







Good luck.







Bob



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