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    Unhappy Dead fuel and temp gauges

    Hey everyone, just wondering if anyone had similar problems or have an idea of wats goin on ...

    ive got an 89 vn exec and a while back the fuel and temp gauges worked when they wanted ... now theyre fully dead lol any help or ideas of what im gonna have to replace or do to get over this will be much appreciated!

    cheers

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    You would probably be better getting a replacement cluster from the wreckers. less time and effort involved
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    i have a 91 VN, and the fuel guage sticks all the time, from what i can tell its a known problem with this model car

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    yeh man, i have problems in my cluster RPM gets suck, when i have lights on they show in cluster, as soon as i kick car over they dissapear..
    70$ for a new cluster.. when its just technical difficulties so ill just keep the shitter for now ;D

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    the only gauge that doesn't stick in my car is the temp. Everything else including the speedo and tacho stick at times a good bashing cures them all. I often see other VN drivers take off and about 5 seconds out from the car park, they go *SLAP* on the dash and continue driving. I love it . One day I'll fix it but I kinda like this slight flaw VN's have

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    i had same sort of problem with my dash, little rubber gear. 1 tooth broke off and stopped it completely, lucky i had a spare dash lying about so i could just get gear. donno if you can get just the gear from anywhere with out getting a whole new dash

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    my vq does this with the fuel and temp gauges, a little slap never hurt did it

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    oh yeah the classic slap its gold, i have not been looking out for ppl doing it but i drive about 50mtrs and give her a slap, i got a new cluster to fix it and it does it too, must be like a vn trademark or something.
    i am going to watch out for ppl slapping in the future.

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    Movements are plastic and pivots are too.
    Heat + plastic = bend and the movements bind.Put the slightest bit of light oil on my pivots when I put the new faces on and opened up the fork where the coil pushes on the movement ...time will tell to see if Ifixed it for good.
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    haha its definitely true about the slap, id done it for months and always have a good laugh seeing others do it too.... thanks for the help, ill be trying the quik fixes as soon as the pay check comes through lol

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