I finally got around to changing out a faulty vehicle speed sensor today. While I was at it I changed all bulbs in the guage pod, painted the rear of the faceplate for better night vision, and I added in a clock to a vehicle that did not have one. Put everything back together put her on the road to check if all was well, no more engine light, I thought I was good, even the new clock was running. While backing in the garage I noticed my needle on the fuel guage was about two inches past full and climbing. Has anyone ever heard of this, any info let me know.

Thanks in Advance,
Ron

P.S. I broke the speedometer needle, ticked me off to to the max..........

I removed and cleaned mine a while back and also changed bulbs, then in less than a month the speedometer needle broke off! (must be an unwritten law):dontknow:
I think if you (search) you will see a grounding problem with your gas guage. ( I think)
Donny

I broke my speedo gauge needle, Tach needle and 2 smaller gauge needles. I bought a few replacement gauges on e-bay and carved a new one out of plastic for the tach needle. Man are they a peice of crap or what.

as far as why the gas gauge, I dont know. sorry.

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I have found that working on Elky gauges is like plumbing, If you fix one another will act up so you can tear it all apart again. I keep a spare set of gauges and I have recorded the resistance of the gauges and resistors on the gauges and just swap out the whole set. then I fix whatever was wrong with the original set and set it aside ,sort of like a spare tire that way I can fix them at my convenience no more tryin to find parts at 2 in the morning on sunday Jim :beer::texas: PS I wish I had been in the motor pool in the service instead of a jet mech. Sure would make troubleshootin a whole lot easier

Donny you are "The Man", that was one helluva guess and remembering threads on the site. I ran out to the garage like a kid on Christmas got aligator clips and wire, one to the tank one to the ground. Ran back in the house got the keys turned to accessory, like magic the needle was in the right place. I may pull everything out once more and tighten the little screws behind the guage. Jim I have two sets of guages in the garage and now they can stay there for a little bit longer.

Thanks All,

Ron