Re: [Chrysler300] Fw:------RE: guages

[waldor@xxxxxxx]

----  Hello Chris---Just a quick [  Thanks for the info ]--I dug out  
about 5 of extra dash cluster units-and one REALLY nice one had those  
2 gauges still there--SO sometime this summer-either I----or an old  
time Chrysler mechanic friend ---will replace them--[ So Thanks again--
   Walt Reinecker
Stratford Ontario Canada
1964 --300--K--Ram
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Quoting kmaniak@xxxxxxx:

> Hi Walt:
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> On the '64, the voltage limiter is built into the fuel gauge.  The  
> factory service manual says to "replace the gauge" if the limiter is  
> faulty.  Easy to do in 1964, not so easy today.
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> I was able to repair the a voltage limiter once by removing the fuel  
> gauge from the cluster, carefully filing down the rivits that hold  
> the gauge face to the gauge body, removing the gauge face to reveal  
> the limiter, then filing down the points.  Then I glued the gauge  
> face back onto the gauge body, reinstalled the gauge, and everything  
> worked again.
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> Now, I once read an article in the "Inc. Club" magazine, Brute  
> Force, where someone adapted a solid state voltage limiter from  
> Radio Shack to the rear of the cluster to bypass the original  
> limiter and restore gauge function, but I can't recall where that  
> article is at the moment.
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> My "two cents" for what its worth.  I hope this helps.
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> Chris - the K MANIAC
> Concord, California
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: waldor <waldor@xxxxxxx>
> To: kmaniak <kmaniak@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: crcampbell <crcampbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; daryl1086  
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> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Fw:------RE: guages
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> ---   Hello Chris ---Just reading your comments on the other fellows
> uage problems]----Sometimes my fuel & engine Temp gauges  would work
> ---then  Not--[ They quit working last car show-ON  MY  64  ----  300
>  K--Long Ram---[  Could you tell me WHERE this Limiter is
> ocated]----& can I file the points OR do I have to replace it ?????
>     Thanks for Now ---Walt Reinecker
> tratford Ontario Canada---
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>  All three gauges are powered through the 5 volt voltage limiter.
>  Most likely the points on the limiter are severely pitted from years
>  of use.  I know where it is on a 1964, but sadly, not on the 1960.
>  Others will have to chime in.
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>  Chris - the K MANIAC
>  Concord, California
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>  From: Colin & Sally Campbell <crcampbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  To: daryl1086 <daryl1086@xxxxxxxxxxx>; kcconley111
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>  Hi All
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>  Having some difficulty with my fuel, temperature and oil pressure
>  gauges on the 300F. Not working and not sure why, any one out there
>  that can shed some light on the subject
>
>  Col Campbell Sydney Australia
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