Guage Specialist

[Mr-Toy33]

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.

[Mr-Toy33]

anyone?

[raz0r$harP.UK]

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.

[Mr-Toy33]

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.

[AzzurrA]

as has been said - if you have larger than factory rolling diameter rims it will cause your speedo to be out

as for the fuel gauge reading incorrectly, also do as has been said - check the sender isn't caught on something (as mine was)

[Mr-Toy33]

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.

[R32 _ULTIMATE_WEAPON]

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.

[zaffa]

auto elec??

[Silver_R34_GT-T]

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]

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]

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

[dangerous_daveo]

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.

[Mr-Toy33]

they quoted me $132.50 including GST to re-calibrate the gauges.

[hanyou]

damn my speedo is under the real speed. pretty annoying but i got snow tyres on... cud that be the reason?... ohhh and my odometer.. was showing 75,000km.. then wen i got home it showed like 175,025km

wtf happened?..

[Col-GTSX]

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]

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]

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.