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mick86

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Hey there, I have a 93' R32 GTR. When i bought the car, i noticed it had white inserts for the guages in the dash cluster. Anyway, some of the gauges aren't working. I'm assuming the person who installed it had no idea how to hook everything back up, or the dash is faulty.

The oil pressure gauge goes to the max when i start the car up, the petrol gauge doesn't move - it sits at 3/4 full no matter what, and the speed-o is off by 10km (reading higher than actual speed). Where should i take my car to get these corrected? Just a regular auto electrician, or should i be looking for someone who specialises in imports?

I had a quick search but couldn't find anything useful, so i'm sorry if this has come up before!

Thanks in advance for any help! :P

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Mick, it's not that difficult to take the dash cluster out yourself. It sounds like whoever put int he white inserts didn't connect things properly. Also the inserts sometimes are sitting flush and that can cause problems as well. I'm experiencing both speedo and tacho issues with my car so have taken out my dash cluster quite a few times.

It sounds to me like the connectors at the back of the cluster are not clicked in all the way. That would be where I'd start looking at first.

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Mick, it's not that difficult to take the dash cluster out yourself. It sounds like whoever put int he white inserts didn't connect things properly. Also the inserts sometimes are sitting flush and that can cause problems as well. I'm experiencing both speedo and tacho issues with my car so have taken out my dash cluster quite a few times.

It sounds to me like the connectors at the back of the cluster are not clicked in all the way. That would be where I'd start looking at first.

Alright ill give that a go. Do i need to be worried about the position of the needles or anything? If i find they are not connected properly, and i reconnect them - should it be good to go, and accurate? Thanks mate

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Not sure on the needles part, but the electronics determine where they should be. So if they get moved manually, I'd imagine the electronic parts would then correct them to where they should be. That's only my guess however, so don't take that as being fact.

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i had to go to a specialist guage mob - like those that adjust speedos etc

if the needles are replaced in the wrong spot they will not auto correct themselves - especially on a 32 which uses the mechanical speedo

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i had to go to a specialist guage mob - like those that adjust speedos etc

if the needles are replaced in the wrong spot they will not auto correct themselves - especially on a 32 which uses the mechanical speedo

Ahh cool, would you suggest going where you went? I'm in the city in sydney, not sure of any places i can go as of yet. Cheers for the info :dry:

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Hey there, I have a 93' R32 GTR. When i bought the car, i noticed it had white inserts for the guages in the dash cluster. Anyway, some of the gauges aren't working. I'm assuming the person who installed it had no idea how to hook everything back up, or the dash is faulty.

The oil pressure gauge goes to the max when i start the car up,

Possibility that the wire from the sender has been pinched and is grounding somewhere (sender is a variable resistance to earth).
the petrol gauge doesn't move - it sits at 3/4 full no matter what,
Maybe the float for the sender (in the fuel tank) is broken.
and the speed-o is off by 10km (reading higher than actual speed).
You can move the needle on its spindle. Manually move the needle to point to, say, 60, then lock the rear wheel in place and GENTLY rotate the needle on its spindle back to 50.
Where should i take my car to get these corrected? Just a regular auto electrician, or should i be looking for someone who specialises in imports?

I had a quick search but couldn't find anything useful, so i'm sorry if this has come up before!

Thanks in advance for any help! :happy:

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