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Mr-Toy33

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Mr-Toy33

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Does anyone know of anyone that specialises in fixing th gauges on the dash board?

Last night, notice my speedo is out by approximately 5k according to the avc-r.

the fuel gauge is also WAY WAY out. It's showing it has more fuel in the car when really it doesnt have what it says in it.

Wanting to get this done on Saturday, so anyone know of any, would be great.

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raz0r$harP.UK Grand Master

raz0r$harP.UK

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Have you got aftermarket rims?

Noticed my speedo is slightly out vs the PFC, I'm guessing that this is resulting from actual output from the vehicle speed sensors and also from change in rolling diameter(can be out by a significant amount depending on the size you get).

Your fuel reading: Open up your fuel tank and check the fuel level sender thing (big long piece of plastic). It's supposed to be supported on a bracket and if it has come off then it won't give a correct reading. ie - I don't think this is an instrumentation problem.

R32 _ULTIMATE_WEAPON Collaborator

R32 _ULTIMATE_WEAPON

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all this was working perfectly fine before the white dials were installed.

i know its the needles that are out of place for sure!

dan's going to look at this again tomorrow though.

did you do the dials? if you did then you will know what i'm talking about. you would of put the needles back in the wrong place to fix them it will take some time you will have to take it out again take off the clear cover put it back in start your car and put the needle back on the 0 km's per hour with the fuel full your car then put the needle on full. should work.

Silver_R34_GT-T Grand Master

Silver_R34_GT-T

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lol i was in my mates car the other day, and noticed his tacho on the dash, the needle sits on the highest point and when he revs it gets lower, ie idle on 6500 and when flooring it is at 3000 etc i found it so ammusing.. lol

BH_SLO32 Proficient

BH_SLO32

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all this was working perfectly fine before the white dials were installed.

i know its the needles that are out of place for sure!

dan's going to look at this again tomorrow though.

ABLE INSTRUMENTS: ph 3801 1232. They are at Loganholme. These guys are pretty good. I even used them to shorten the speedo drive cable on my R32 when I installed the RB25 gearbox.

maxe Contributor

maxe

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since having the white dials put in and having the needles read correctly has been a bit of a mission since then. hence why these 2 are out by a bit.

if you have ever physically moved your speedo needle with your finger or something, its pretty much f**ked

I learnt from experience :miner:

dangerous_daveo Grand Master

dangerous_daveo

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ABLE INSTRUMENTS: ph 3801 1232. They are at Loganholme. These guys are pretty good. I even used them to shorten the speedo drive cable on my R32 when I installed the RB25 gearbox.

Can you remember the cost??? I know how much my speedo is out, but if it didnt cost much it might be worth it.

Col-GTSX Grand Master

Col-GTSX

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At the dyno night im gonna get them to see how close 100kph is on my dial as to what the dyno says...

This is the best way to tell how well your spedo is calibrated...

As compaired to other cars i mean... Cause whos to say the dyno is right?

The Dan Grand Master

The Dan

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you could always just wait til I fix it and all will be ok.

Like I said to you, the fuel guage was the only drama because I set it up on under half a tank. All that needs to be done is fill it up and re-set it. As for the speedo, wait til you get it on the dyno and then tell me how far out it is.

R33S2 Grand Master

R33S2

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When I was a surveyors assitant doing road condition surveys we had to recalibrate the speedo every day due to tyre wear, I was surprised how much it was out each time. This is an extreme case I know but it just showed me how inaccurate car speedos are (we had an an electronic jobby in the test vehicle), we tested it on a stretch of road that had 1km marked on it and at the start point I had to spray the mark on the tyre and at the 1km mark the computer would tell us where the mark should be and then compare to where it actually was.

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